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HarperCollins
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Fantasy. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML: In a world whose seasons are defined by Christmas sales and Spring Fashions, hundreds of tiny nomes live in the corners and crannies of a human-run department store. They have made their homes beneath the floorboards for generations and no longer remember�??or even believe in�??life beyond the Store walls. Until the day a small band of nomes arrives at the Store from the Outside. Led by a young nome named Masklin, the Outsiders carry a mysterious black box (called the Thing), and they deliver devastating news: In twenty-one days, the Store will be destroyed. Now all the nomes must learn to work together, and they must learn to think�??and to think BIG. Part satire, part parable, and part adventure story par excellence, master storyteller Terry Pratchett's second title in the engaging Bromeliad trilogy traces the nomes' flight and search for safety, a search that leads them to discover their own astonishing origins and takes them beyond their wildest dre… (more)
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LibraryThing member mattlhm
Life for a "nome" has always been precarious as first experienced for generations living without detection by humans in a department store. After being forced out from there, they find shelter in the outbuildings of an unused rock quarry but only until humans start coming around again to reoccupy
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it. Where will they go to now, especially in the absence of one of their more crucial leaders? Terry Pratchett, the author, is an Englishman, and the reader gets a good sampling of wily, British attitude in the personalities of his characters. The whole thing comes off as kind of a Orwellian fantasy where little people perpetually question the motives and motivations of one another which leads to some clever verbal exchanges among them. One prominent nome in the story, Masklin, provides important dialogue that helps frame the conflict adequately before he is sent off to find answers elsewhere, leaving others to take on the bulk of the action and the decisions which need to be made. This is troublesome for the reader as the story would have been more enjoyable if the details of his quest were included along with the rest of the story. Diggers would be valuable as part of an in-class, science fiction library for sixth graders looking to gain exposure to good, solid examples of the genre. Show Less
LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
Mildly interesting book, on several levels. Cute little miniature people dealing with the world and the humans is a nice children's story - but how they deal, with the world and each other, and the way their understandings expand, are quite a bit deeper. I wasn't really in the right mood for this,
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having just finished another book about people arguing against their own best interests, but it was interesting enough to hold me to the end and make me read the next one right away. Show Less
LibraryThing member thioviolight
Diggers didn't have quite the same impact as the first Bromeliad book, Truckers, but I still enjoyed it very much. Since Book 2 narrated just one side of the ongoing tale, it left me hanging, but thankfully, I have the next book -- Wings -- in hand. Diggers continued to make me laugh out loud;
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Pratchett's wit absolutely delights me! I'm eager to continue the adventure in Wings. Show Less
LibraryThing member Bitter_Grace
A good sequel to Truckers. I particularly enjoyed the bit in which the nomes subdue the human interloper and, adding insult to injury, eat his lunch.
LibraryThing member macfly_17
This is the second story about the store nomes and outsider nomes, all trying to survive in an abandoned quarry. They finally get into a routine, when humans return to the quarry and the nomes must find somewhere else to go.
LibraryThing member RefPenny
The nomes have to leave the store and take refuge in an abandoned quarry. But then the humans decided to reopen the quarry . . . Not as good as the first book.
LibraryThing member jlparent
Book 2 of 3 in a Pratchett young adult/children's series- the 'nomes' world is still in upheaval and yet this book felt much slower than the first, likely because it's a midway book. Typical Pratchett satirical humor, acceptable for all agees - warning - not at all related to Discworld if that's
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LibraryThing member SimoneA
This is my least favorite of the three Bromeliad books. It is still funny, but didn't make me laugh out loud so much.
LibraryThing member Novak
Well..I followed these nomes all the way from the store to the quarry and worried about their safety all the time. I have enjoyed their company, humour and antics. Now it falls to me to say that I enjoyed TRUCKERS just that little bit more. But....if I only give DIGGERS *** I will feel as if I am
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letting Masklin and all the other little guys down.......so............. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
After reading the Ramona books and Narnia together, by youngest son and I decided to read these. They were ok... but then he didn't want to have our special reading time together anymore... :(
LibraryThing member purplequeennl
A second read on this and there is still so much to remember and to laugh about. I love the way Terry gently mocks humans through the eyes of the nomes.
"Cars with lights on top are bad news," said Grimma.
"You're right there," said Dorcas. "They are often full of humans who very seriously want to
Looking forward to reading the sequel 'Wings' next.
"Cars with lights on top are bad news," said Grimma.
"You're right there," said Dorcas. "They are often full of humans who very seriously want to
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know what is going on."Looking forward to reading the sequel 'Wings' next.
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LibraryThing member purpledog
I read Diggers participating in a Litsy book club. The book club is reading all of Terry Pratchett over several years. I joined after reading Good Omens, which I loved.
I found the story to be cute and the nomes predictable. I liked it enough that I will read the last book in the series but not
I found the story to be cute and the nomes predictable. I liked it enough that I will read the last book in the series but not
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enough reread. So my copy will go to the grand kids which is the real test if they like it. Show Less
LibraryThing member Fiddleback_
In which frogs explain flowers.
LibraryThing member IanMoyes
Not quite as big an impact as the first book in the series, but still very funny and at times poignant.
Original publication date
1990-04
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Bromeliad, 2
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