title: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld)
author:  Terry Pratchett 
description: Delves into weighty issues but keeps its sense of dark humor. (USA Today)<br /><br />Excruciatingly funny, ferociously intelligent. (Kirkus Reviews (starred Review))<br /><br />Pratchett rethinks a classic story and comes up with a winner. A nottobemissed delight. (School Library Journal (starred review))<br /><br />Manages to be hilarious, moving, scary, impishly vulgar and wickedly wise, sometimes all at once. (Locus Magazine)<br /><br />Pratchetts absorbing, suspenseful adventure is deepened by a willingness to tackle the questions of existence. (Horn Book Magazine)<br /><br />Pure, unadulterated fun. The action is fast paced, the dialogue witty, unforgettable. (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA))<br /><br />For this outrageously cheeky tale, Pratchett pairs a dynamite plot with memorable characters. (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />This is his first Discworld novel aimed specifically at YA readers, and it should win him new fans. (KLIATT)<br /><br />Pratchett leaves none of his wit behind in this exploration of Discworld for younger readers. (Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books (recommended))<br /><br />Clearly destined for great thingsdeeply pleasurable and a wonderful and entertaining read. (The Bookseller (Great Britain))
zlib_text: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
  (  Discworld ( Childrens)  - 1  )
  Terry Pratchett
  
  A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to
  con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.
  
  Terry Pratchett
  THE AMAZ I N G  MAU RI C E AN D  HI S
  ED U C ATED  RO D EN TS
  
  C HAPTER 1
  One day, when he was naughty, Mr. Bunnsy looked over the hedge into Farmer Fred's field and it
  was full of green lettuces. Mr. Bunnsy, however, was not full of lettuces. This did not seem fair.
  —From “Mr. Bunnsy Has an Adventure”
   
  Rats!
  They chased the dogs and bit the cats, they–
  Bu t there was m ore to it than that. A s the am az ing M
  au rice said,  it was
  j u st a story abou t peopl e and rats. A nd the dif f icu l t part of  it was deciding
  who the peopl e were,  and who were the rats.
  Bu t M
  al icia G rim  said it was a story abou t stories.
  I t began—
  part of  it began—
  on the m ail  coach that cam e over the
  m ou ntains f rom  the 