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! |
From inside the book
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... called them once , and it was so rare that she ever said anything at all , let alone anything that didn't have to do with sheep , that Tiffany had remembered it . Besides , it was exactly right . That's what the mountains looked like in ...
... called it " the wold . " Up on the wold the wind blows cold , Tiffany had thought , and the word had stuck that way . She arrived at the farm . People tended to leave Tiffany alone . There was nothing particularly cruel or unpleasant ...
... called Granny Aching's Library by her mother, who liked the idea of having a library. Everyone else called it Granny's Shelf. It was a small shelf, since the books were wedged between a jar of crystallized ginger and the china ...
... called a witch . If it came to that , the book never gave you the evidence of anything . It talked about “ a handsome prince " ... was he really , or was it just because he was a prince that people called him handsome ? As for “ a girl ...
... called it chestnut , or sometimes auburn , but Tiffany knew it was brown , brown , brown , just like her eyes . Brown as earth . And did the book have any adventures for people who had brown eyes and brown hair ? No , no , no ... it was ...
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 | |