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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... 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 about this , but the farm was big and everyone had their ...
... cold and floored with pebbles . “ Wanna wanna sweeties ! " screamed Wentworth , who never noticed anything else in the presence of sweets . Tiffany undid the string and gave them to him . He ate them far too quickly , as he always did ...
... cold up there . People forget that . And then there's the bristles . Don't ask me about the bristles . I will not talk about the bristles . " " But can't you use a keeping - warm spell ? ” said Tiffany . " I could . But a witch doesn't ...
... was near death from the cold . That was how it worked . No magic at all . But that time it had been magic . And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done . “ Good , but still not exactly witchcraft , "
... cold weather . She wore an old grain sack as a sort of hood . Um . . . does that count ? " For the first time , Miss Tick looked a little less flinty . " Possibly , possibly , " she said . " Do you have any brothers and sisters ...
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 | |