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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... feel the scared , like a red - hot ball , but the angry isn't letting it out .... " Wenny wanna wanna wanna go - a ... feeling in a good mood , or , " Don't tell stories ! " if they weren't . She was still very angry . How dare a monster ...
... feel it already ! I can do magic on honest soil , and rock is always fine , and I'm not too bad on clay , even ... but chalk's neither one thing nor the other ! I'm very sensitive to geology , you know . " " What are you trying to tell ...
... feeling annoyed . " Witches have animals they can talk to , called familiars . Like your toad there . " " I'm not familiar , " said a voice from among the paper flowers . “ I'm just slightly presumptuous . ” " And she knew about all ...
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 | |