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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... father , and they belonged to various sisters before her ; she wears several pairs of socks to keep them on . They are big . Tiffany sometimes feels she is nothing more than a way of moving boots around . Then there is the dress . It ...
... father rented it from the Baron , who owned the land , but there had been Achings farming it for hundreds of years and so , her father said ( quietly , sometimes , after he'd had a beer in the evenings ) , as far as the land knew , it ...
... fathers or , at least , some other job somewhere in the village where someone's father would teach them as they went along . The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody's wife . They were also expected to be able to read and write ...
... father said Granny Aching cussed the sky blue , " said Tiffany . Miss Tick coughed . " Well , cussing , now , cussing isn't like genuine cursing . Cussing's more like dang and botheration and darned and drat , you know ? Cursing is more ...
... father said she could make a shepherd's pie stand up and baa . " Tiffany lowered her voice . " She could bring lambs back to life .... " You hardly ever saw Granny Aching indoors in the spring and summer . She spent most of the year ...
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 | |