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Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett was born in Buckinghamshire in 1948. From a very
early age, he knew that he wanted to be a writer. His first story
was published when he was 13, and he bought a typewriter with the
proceeds so that he could quickly get on with the next
one.
Terry was 17 when he left school and went to work as a
journalist, but he continued to write books in his spare time.
Success came almost immediately after the publication of his first
book, The Carpet People, and he is now a best-selling author who
writes for both adults and children. Terry is wholly professional
about his writing and says that success is more about hard work
than inspiration - although inspiration helps!
He now lives in Wiltshire. He has one ambition - he'd
like to go to Mars!
Only You Can Save Mankind
Johnny's just got to Level 10 and he knows he's got to be really careful. He must keep out of the way of the alien ships, so that he can then blow them sky-high. But he hasn't counted on them speaking to him! 'We surrender,' they say. What should he do now? (10+)
Published by Corgi
Johnny and the Bomb
Johnny Maxwell and his friends Yo-less, Wobbler and Big Mac are swept back in time to 1941, and discover a quite different way of life in Blackberry during the Blitz. This is an excellent time-slip novel. (10+)
Published by Corgi
Truckers
As far as the tiny gnomes who live under the floorboards are concerned, Day, Night, Sun and Rain are just legends that happen Outside. But now their world is about to change forever. The Store is to be demolished and their way of life will be destroyed with it. How will they be able to cope Outside? (10+)
Published by Corgi
The Carpet People
Deep in the carpet live the Tribes. Each to their own patch, they co-exist happily, meeting every tenth year at Tregon Marus so that they can be counted. But then Fray sweeps a trail of destruction through the Carpet and, in so doing, changes the lives of the Munrungs forever. (10+)
Published by Corgi
Diggers
The gnomes have found a home in a ruined building. Does this mark a new beginning for them in the strange Outside? Everything seems to be going to plan until humans appear, and then nothing is quite the same again. (10+)
Published by Corgi
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
There's a strange kid who plays a pipe and is followed by his very own rat pack. But these rats are different - they're educated. So what's really going on between Maurice, the street-wise Tomcat, and these unusual rodents? (10+)
Published by Doubleday
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