The Wee Free MenALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * Horn Book Fanfare Book * Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice * SLJ Best Book of the Year By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching. A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality. . . . Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle—aka the Wee Free Men—a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men. Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself. . . . The five funny and fabulous Tiffany Aching adventures are:
Tiffany’s mentors, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, star in the novels Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Maskerade, and Carpe Jugulum. And don’t miss Terry Pratchett’s hilarious and wise Discworld novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, winner of the Carnegie Medal! |
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... blue tattoos was covered with a tiny kilt . And he was waving a fist at her and shouting : " Crivens ! Gang awa ' oot o ' here , ye daft wee hinny ! ' Ware the green heid ! ” With that he pulled at a piece of string that was hanging ...
... blue that is , incidentally , exactly the same color as the butterflies skittering beside the path . Then there is Tiffany's face . Light pink , with brown eyes , and brown hair . Nothing special . Her head might strike anyone watching ...
... blue eyes and the redheads with green eyes who got the stories . If you had brown hair you were probably just a servant or a woodcutter or something . Or a dairymaid . Well , that was not going to happen , even if she was good at cheese ...
... the heat ? And I found a part of one , and it had all old lettering and gold and blue edging . And I buried her cat . ” " You buried the cat ? " " Yes ! Someone had to ! " said Tiffany hotly . " And you measured the oven , " said Miss.
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Contents
Hunt the | |
The Wee Free | |
The Green | |
First Sight and Second Thoughts | |
Land of Winter | |
Master Stroke | |
Awakening | |
Land Under Wave | |
Authors Note | |
Back | |