| Equal Rites Contributor(s): Pratchett, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060855908 ISBN-13: 9780060855901 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels, consistent number one bestsellers in England, have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody along with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late. . . . |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Epic - Fiction | Fantasy - Humorous - Fiction | Fantasy - Paranormal |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005046294 |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Series: Discworld Novels (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.32" W x 8.22" (0.41 lbs) 240 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 43806 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pratchett, Terry: - Sir Terry Pratchett was the internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books, including his phenomenally successful Discworld series. His young adult novel, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal, and Where's My Cow?, his Discworld book for "readers of all ages," was a New York Times bestseller. His novels have sold more than seventy five million (give or take a few million) copies worldwide. Named an Officer of the British Empire "for services to literature," Pratchett lived in England. He died in 2015 at the age of sixty-six. |