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Nation (Paperback)
$8.35 - Save $0.63 (7%) - RRP $8.98 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for NationThe author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series delivers the mesmerizing story of a boy whose journey to manhood requires the strength to defy expectations and the courage to forge new beliefs.
Full description- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Published: 01 October 2009
- Format: Paperback 367 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Fiction | Adventure | Science Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780061433030 ISBN 10: 0061433039
- Sales rank: 25,429
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Reviewed by Lynn Crow for TeensReadToo.com
Mau is away from his small island when a giant wave destroys his village, leaving him alone - and unable to complete the ceremony that would have given him his man's soul. It takes all his strength just to carry on, with the voices of his ancestors haunting him.
Daphne finds herself the lone survivor when the ship she was traveling on crashes into Mau's island on the same wave. With little to guide her but her grandmother's training for high society, she isn't sure whether to approach Mau as a potential friend or foe.
As other survivors gather on the island, Mau and Daphne form a bond and work to create a society that's all their own. Mau begins to believe in himself despite his fear that he lacks a soul. Daphne realizes there are far more important things than propriety.
But when all they've gained is threatened by an outside enemy, will their makeshift community be able to hold steady?
NATION has everything you could ask for in a novel. Its dramatic scenes are both poignant and moving, with Pratchettt's customary humor keeping the proceedings from straying into melodrama. Both main characters are distinctive, and it's a pleasure watching them come into their own throughout the story. The villains are suitably creepy and brutal. Little details of the setting and cultures make it all feel so real.
Highly recommended to both teens and adults.
*Gold Star Award Winner! by TeensReadTooOne of Pratchett's greatest works
It hurt.
I didn't cry just once after what happened to Mau. Pratchett created this world, this fictional ocean, and then he places us right inside it. It hurt, it was beautiful, it was wonderful.
The end was a happy one because it went on going. It didn't end. It was real. This is one of Pratchett's best novels.
Read it for empathy. Read it for the experience. Read it to be reminded to ask questions.
It's no surprise I enjoyed this book, given my penc ...more It hurt.
I didn't cry just once after what happened to Mau. Pratchett created this world, this fictional ocean, and then he places us right inside it. It hurt, it was beautiful, it was wonderful.
The end was a happy one because it went on going. It didn't end. It was real. This is one of Pratchett's best novels.
Read it for empathy. Read it for the experience. Read it to be reminded to ask questions.
It's no surprise I enjoyed this book, given my penchant for the odd apocalypse; this is about a very small, concentrated soft apocalypse, and the living that goes on afterwards.
Fans of Pratchett's Discworld series will be pleased at the inclusion of some characters who are another take on the mentality of the witches of Lancre. by Wendy
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