Yes, it's true. I've finished reading Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. Okay, granted, it's technically classed as a "Young Adult" book by my local library, and I'm no way a young adult, but I'm still counting it.
Set on Discworld, though you'd hardly know it, it's seems to be the classic Pied Piper story. Seems to be.
Nothing Terry Pratchett ever writes is exactly all it seems to be....
It's also about developing awareness of oneself as a self, of responsibility to others, of how to manage when it's clear one's dream is never going to become one's absolute reality, but can still be achieved.
I shan't bother explaining how the Educated Rodents became as they are. You can read the book yourself, you know. It's not all that long. It's longer than, say, Where's My Cow?, but considerably shorter than Small Gods. I shall suggest that you consider the notion that there are rats, and there are rats, wherever you go.
I enjoyed it. Not as much as I enjoyed Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, but then, I'm just that sort of person. Overall, thumbs up for The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents!
Now, to finish Heirloom: notes from an accidental tomato farmer. I mean, really. I've gotta know. How does anyone accidentally plant tomatoes...?
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