Terry Pratchett's familiar ability to create new worlds, to people them and provide them with a past, present, future and a coherent philosophy is wittily demonstrated in Nation. In different ways, and set in different times, all reflect on how the present is affected by the baggage an individual carries with them from before the start of the story, while also showing that everyone can influence what happens next. Though the four are widely varied in context, each is the hopeful story of an individual's journey - one which reveals how they have been made, and sometimes unmade, by the society they come from. F our stunning titles have been shortlisted for the 2009 Guardian children's fiction prize, reflecting both the breadth of writing for children and young adults and an optimism about the power of story to inform and guide.
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