#104 in Young adult
Nation
- 404
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Nation” is Terry Pratchett away from “Discworld”: an island survival story in an alternative 1860s, funny, moving and hopeful all at once. Published for young readers, it works as sheer adventure, with characters whose doings are a pleasure to follow. Some readers think adults get even more out of it, for the questions about belief and growing up that lie beneath the story. It needs no knowledge of his other books.
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About the book
Nation is a novel by Terry Pratchett, published in the UK on 11 September 2008 and in the US on 6 October 2009. It was the first non-Discworld Pratchett novel since Johnny and the Bomb (1996). Nation is a low fantasy set in an alternative history of our world in the 1860s. The book received recognition as a Michael L. Printz Honor Book for 2009.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 211 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 22 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 189 | 90% |
Frequently asked
What age is Nation for?
Nation sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 404 pages — shorter than 76% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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