Things are looking pretty good for the Nomes who, led by Masklin and Grimma, moved out of the department store Arnolds (est 1905) just as it was about to be demolished, riding inside a huge truck. Now they live in the ruins of an old abandoned quarry, still getting used to their new lives. But strange things are happening in the quarry. It's getting colder and colder, and the snow is beginning to fall. And what's more, even if they find a way to survive the cold, it's not going to stop the humans coming back in and ruining everything. That's right, the quarry is re opening and if it does, then the Nomes will be without a home again. This time they'll have to ...  Read the complete review

Diggers is the second book in the Bromeliad trilogy, the stars of which are the Nomes (no not Gnomes, Nomes!). The Nomes are small people (about 5 inches in height) who seem to have come from outer space and lived under the floorboards at a store. The signs at the store become laws for them, and they believe that the Store (and thus the universe) was created by the stores proprietors. In the first book the store if about to be demolished so they have to learn new skills (such as.. truck driving!) to escape. They end up living in a quarry, and start to make it into a home. (By doing such things is “mining” potatoes…) But then one day a notice appears saying that the ...  Read the complete review

This is the 2nd book in PTerry’s nome trilogy, following on from Truckers which followed the nomes escape from the Arnold Bros. (est. 1905) department store and its imminent demolishment to a safe refuge in a deserted quarry. Taking a step backwards, if you haven’t read the books or other ops nomes are 4 inch high creatures resembling squat sumo wrestlers but who can move so fast that the human eye can not usually see them, although we have racial memories of (g)nomes and sit them in our gardens. The nomes crashed on earth 15,000 years ago and now that mankind has reached the stars are trying to find their way back home. Back to the book ...  Read the complete review

The truckers series was created for children not the normal Prattchet readers, but being a avid fan I felt I had to read them and enjoyed them. Dorcas and Grimmato defend their new home and as always they manage to enlist the help of a mechanical friend Jekub The gnomes have been doomed to spend the rest of there lives running away and the story is basically the day to day problems? I feel that the series would make an excellent cartoon series with some strong characters and a story line that lends itself to TV. A good book that kids of all ages will enjoy. ...  Read the complete review

this is the second installment of the "truckers" series and, in my opinion, the worst. however the worst by Terry Pratchett usualy beats any other writer by a mile, and this is certainly true of this book. With Maskalin Gurder and Angalo Gone, it's up to Dorcas and Grimmato defend their new home. as always they manage to enlist the help of a mechanical friend- Jekub But how's it all going to end? can Jecub save the day? or are the gnomes doomed to spend the rest of there lives running away? The only way to find out is to read it, because I'm not going to give away the ending. The only thing against this book is that some older people may not enjoy ..  Read the complete review