![]() To the rescue come Captain Vimes, Constable Carrot, and the rest of the Night Watch who, along with other brave citizens, risk everything, including a good roasting, to dethrone the flying monarch and restore order to Ankh-Morpork (before it’s burned to a crisp). ![]() Meanwhile, back at Unseen University, an ancient and long-forgotten volume–The Summoning of Dragons–is missing from the Library’s shelves. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis (“noble dragon” for those who don’t understand italics) has appeared in Discworld’s greatest city. and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Guards ! Guards! by Terry Pratchett Originally published: August 1989 Summary from Goodreads: Please check out her website and join in the fun of reading this fantastic series. ![]() ![]() I have been re-reading the DiscWorld books as part of the DiscWorld Readathon sponsored by Pages Below the Vaulted Sky. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Cindy puts the puppy in his hands and asks if he can see it. At first Cindy carefully hides the puppy in her apron, and a young resident, nearly blind, hears something whimpering. Cindy lives in a group home, working during the day as a cleaner in a hospice. How Smudge Came was made into an award winning television movie and became an international best seller.įew children will be able to resist this moving story of a lost puppy rescued by a young woman with Down's syndrome. What is Cindy to do? How will she care for Smudge? One patient is so blind with illness that he can barely see the dog it looks like a smudge.īut, oh, how nice to hold the puppy. In the home where Cindy lives, no dogs are allowed, so she must bundle puppy up when she goes to work as a cleaning woman in the Hospice. ![]() 14 2003 by Nan Gregory (Author), Ron Lightburn (Illustrator) ![]() ![]() Tess and Nick were both fleshed out as very realistic characters in a demanding, high-pressure situation. However, there are moments where you are reading a paragraph which so eloquently describes the vastness of a cerulean blue sky, and with it the possibility of escape. You are instantly transported into the disorienting mess of greenery, and feel the same sense of urgency as the characters attempting to find their way out of a situation where the cards are stacked well and truly against them. ![]() Following the accident, for Tess and Nick survival is the name of the game, and yet there is an underlying allure to the ruggedness of the landscape in the writing style. ![]() The beauty and brutality of the Australian wilderness is captured in equal measure within A Shadow's Breath. ![]() |