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The Bromeliad Trilogy: Diggers
by Terry Pratchett

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Author: Terry Pratchett
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-04-13
ISBN: 006009494X
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: HarperCollins

Book Reviews of The Bromeliad Trilogy: Diggers

Book Review: Great reading for young adults
Summary: 5 Stars

In this second volume of the "Bromeliad" trilogy (the title of which has to do with tiny Amazonian frogs living in tree-top flowers, who know nothing about the world at large), the focus is on Grimma, the somewhat feminist love interest of Masklin, who led the four-inch-high nomes out of The Store to safety in a small hillside quarry outside the town. While Masklin and the other two leaders of the community go off to the local airport to investigate the possibilities of further escape, humans show up at the quarry and post signs that make it clear the operation is to be reopened -- threatened the nomes' existence once again. The hard part is Grimma's gradual realization that the humans aren't out to get her people -- they don't even know they're there. It's a human world and the nomes appear to be irrelevant in it. Finally, as the only alternative to starving in the dark, Grimma organizes the capture, Gulliver-style, of the human watchman, while Dorcas, their scientist/tinkerer, rehabilitates an aging backhoe to facilitate a second escape. As always, the author also has some astute observations of what it means to be human -- or nome. And the ending is a real cliffhanger, so be sure you have the third volume ready to hand.

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