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Under the floorboards of the store is a world of fourinchtall nomes that humans never see. One of these works, truckers the first book in the nome trilogy, is a delightfully wry tale of adventure, discovery and daring. I am so glad that, when i was introduced to terry pratchett, the book i was given was the colour of magic and not thie one. Masklin and his family are the last ten nomes of their warren, devastated by cold, predators and hunger. Pratchett was so prolific that some of his work may have passed you by. Adapted from the tv series, based on the novel truckers, two small picture books were produced using stills from the series as their illustrations. Truckers by terry pratchett penguin books australia. Download book truckers the first book of the nomes the bromeliad trilogy in pdf format. The reason it took me 10 years to find, i forgot to write down the title.
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