New York Times Bestseller!
Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's Dodger, a Printz Honor Book, combines high comedy with deep wisdom in a tale of one remarkable boy's rise in a fantasy-infused Victorian London.
Seventeen-year-old Dodger is content as a sewer scavenger. But he enters a new world when he rescues a young girl from a beating, and her fate impacts some of the most powerful people in England.
From Dodger's encounter with the mad barber Sweeney Todd, to his meetings with the great writer Charles Dickens and the calculating politician Benjamin Disraeli, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking account of adventure and mystery.
Creator of the popular Discworld fantasy series, Sir Terry also received a prestigious Printz Honor from the American Library Association for his novel Nation.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 09/25/2012
ISBN: 9780062009494
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.30d
Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book
Award: Locus Awards - Nominee
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 08/27/2012 pg. 78
Booklist 10/15/2012 pg. 46
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2012 - Book Of Special Distinction
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2012 pg. 104
School Library Journal 11/01/2012 pg. 116
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2012 pg. 77
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2013 pg. 12
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 113 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 156288 / Dodger
Reading Level: 7 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 18