![]() ![]() Mau's ancestors have something to teach us all. After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives. ![]() 1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep. ![]() ![]() Together, Mau and Daphne discover some remarkable things - including how to milk a pig and why spitting in beer is a good thing - and start to forge a new Nation.As can be expected from Terry Pratchett, the master story-teller, this new children's novel is both witty and wise, encompassing themes of death and nationhood, while being extremely funny. Written by: Terry Pratchett Narrated by: Stephen Briggs Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins. As it happens, they are not alone for long.Other survivors start to arrive to take refuge on the island they all call the Nation and then raiders accompanied by murderous mutineers from the Sweet Judy. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Nation. Nation by Terry Pratchett Cracker The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. She's certain her father, distant cousin of the Royal family, will come and rescue her but it seems, for now, all she has for company is the boy and the foul-mouthed ship's parrot. Nation - Ebook written by Terry Pratchett. Thank goodness the powder was wet and the gun only produced a spark. Daphne, sole survivor of the wreck of the Sweet Judy, almost immediately regrets trying to shoot the native boy. She has no toes, wears strange lacy trousers like the grandfather bird and gives him a stick which can make fire. He's also completely alone - or so he thinks until he finds the ghost girl. Finding himself alone on a desert island when everything and everyone he knows and loved has been washed away in a huge storm, Mau is the last surviving member of his nation. ![]()
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