By Terry Pratchett
It wasn't something, it used to be a bit formed sky ...Somewhere in a spot that's thus far up there is not any down, a boat is ready to take the nomes domestic - again to anyplace they got here from. And one nome, Masklin, is aware that they've received to attempt and call this send. It potential going to Florida (wherever that is), then attending to the release of a communications satellite tv for pc (whatever that is). a daft plan. most unlikely. yet Masklin doesn't comprehend this, so he attempts to do it besides. And step one is to attempt and hitch a journey on a brand new type of truck, a truck with wings - Concorde. the ultimate name within the remarkable trilogy, The Bromeliad.
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ISBN: 0224614622
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Author identify: joan aiken (Born: 1924/09/04 / Died: 2004/01/04)
Author Description: Joan Delano Aiken was once a far enjoyed English author who got the MBE for providers relatively to Children's Literature. This 12 months marks the fiftieth ANNIVERSARY of her most famed vintage children's e-book, THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE, that's being celebrated with occasions at Cheltenham pageant within the united kingdom and at a unique occasion in manhattan in October, and with the e-book of 3 fresh variations of the publication and a brand new AUDIO recorded through her daughter Lizza.
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She used to be born in Rye, East Sussex, right into a family members of writers, together with her father, Conrad Aiken (who gained a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry), and her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge.
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