This is the story of Jekub, the Dragon in the Hill with great big teeth and a great loud voice.(Well, thats according to the nomes, but they are only four inches tall.) When humans threaten their new home in the quarry, the natural thing would be to run and hide. But the nomes have got the wild idea that they should fight back. After all, everyone knows that nomes are faster and smarter than humans, and now they have a secret weapon . . . The fantastically funny second book of the nomes, from the author of the bestselling Discworld series.

 

 

This book features in the following series: The Book Of the Nomes, The Bromeliad .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2015 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Terry Pratchett's previous children's titles include Truckers, Diggers, Wings, Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead (which was successfully televised) and Johny and the Bomb, which won a Smarties Prize Silver Medal and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. He lives in Wiltshire Sue Mongredien has written over 50 books for children, which include some of the best-selling Rainbow Magic series. She lives in Bath with her husband and young children. Mark Beech is an exciting and talented new illustrator. Mark lives in London.