· Title: Nation. Author: Terry Pratchett. Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult. Publisher: Harper Collins/Corgi Publication Date: Paperback: Pages. Alone on a desert island — everything and everyone he knows and loves has been washed away in a Reviews: · Nation by Terry Pratchett The story told in Nation takes place in a world similar to our own. On the Great Southern Pelagic Ocean, located where our Pacific Ocean is, there is a small island known to its inhabitants as the Nation. · Terry Pratchett's familiar ability to create new worlds, to people them and provide them with a past, present, future and a coherent philosophy is wittily demonstrated in www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 1 min.
Nation by Terry Pratchett. The story told in Nation takes place in a world similar to our own. On the Great Southern Pelagic Ocean, located where our Pacific Ocean is, there is a small island known to its inhabitants as the Nation. Mau, a young boy on the threshold of adulthood, is on the Boy's Island, as part of the ceremony that turns a boy. Terry Pratchett's Nation gets 10 out of 10 for me. Only Pratchett, Robin Hobb, James Barclay and J.R.R. Tolkien have ever received such a mark from me, and not for everything they have ever written. Nation will make you feel good for a week (hopefully more, we'll see) and will remind you once again that humanity is not totally doomed (just. Nation is one of the finest books ever written for young readers. It may be Pratchett's masterpiece. What sets this apart from other good reads is the sophisticated way the characters grapple with nationhood, empire, religion, culture, and personal responsibility.
“Nation,” Pratchett’s immensely entertaining new young adult novel, manages to be both thought-provoking and sweet. Not a Discworld book, it is more an extended fable than a satire. It is hard to imagine a reader who won’t feel welcomed into this nation. Horn Book (starred review) Quirky wit and broad vision make this a fascinating survival story on many levels. Terry's latest book, Nation, a non-Discworld standalone YA novel was published in October of and was an instant New York Times and London Times bestseller.
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