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Nation

by Terry Pratchett

A community rebuilt after catastrophe

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner

    The source identifies Nation as a winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

  • Bestseller

    New York Times Bestseller

    The source describes Nation as a New York Times bestseller.

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A community rebuilt after catastrophe

A giant wave leaves Mau alone in his village, while Daphne survives a shipwreck far from home. Their meeting brings together two people separated by language and customs, and the small group of refugees that forms around them faces the work of protecting one another. The survival adventure also places their choices in relation to ancestral spirits, death, and a long-hidden secret. The premise links practical questions of community and survival with cultural difference and belief, giving the story a scope that reaches beyond the immediate disaster.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in survival adventures.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about refugees forming a community after disaster.
  • Readers interested in cultural differences and spiritual questions within an adventure.

Themes

Survival and catastropheCommunity and mutual protectionLanguage and cultural differenceAncestral belief and death

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Book overview

New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award * Michael L. Printz Medal honor winner

From the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the beloved and bestselling Discworld fantasy series, comes an epic adventure of survival that mixes hope, humor, and humanity.

When a giant wave destroys his village, Mau is the only one left. Daphne--a traveler from the other side of the globe--is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Separated by language and customs, the two are united by catastrophe. Slowly, they are joined by other refugees. And as they struggle to protect the small band, Mau and Daphne defy ancestral spirits, challenge death himself, and uncover a long-hidden secret that literally turns the world upside down.

Sir Terry also received a prestigious Printz Honor from the American Library Association for his novel Dodger.

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