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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... Witch's Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories Introduction The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner Back Ads About the Author Books by Terry Pratchett Credits Copyright About the Publisher CHAPTER 1 A Clang Well Done Some things start before.
... stories ! " if they weren't . She was still very angry . How dare a monster turn up in the river ? Especially one so ... so ... ridiculous ! Who did it think she was ? This is Tiffany , walking back home . Start with the boots . They ...
... plates come into it ? ” “ The monster is mentioned in a book of stories I've got , ” explained Tiffany . “ It said Jenny Green - Teeth has eyes the size of soup plates . There's a picture , but it's not a good one . So I measured a soup.
... stories most of all . Her mother had read them to her when she was little , and then she'd read them to herself . And all the stories had , somewhere , the witch . The wicked old witch . And Tiffany had thought , Where's the evidence ...
... 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 . She couldn't be the prince , and she'd never be a ...
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 | |