Synopsis
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.
Terry Pratchett makes a standard fantasy trope fresh again in this surprisingly touching and dryly humorous YA novel set on the Discworld (the location of his fantasy series for adults). Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching, dairymaid and aspiring witch, goes on a quest to rescue her sticky and annoying little brother Wentworth from the Queen of the Fairies, aided by a talking toad and the Nac Mac Feegle, a tough, wild-living clan of six-inch-tall blue men. In the process, Tiffany comes to terms with the death of her grandmother, a wise old woman who may have been a witch herself.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-06-01 | | Series: | Discworld Series | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 400 pages | | Height: | 6.5 in | | Width: | 4.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
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. . . . A Story of Discworld
Industry Reviews
"Set in a chillingly unrecognizable 'fairyland,' this ingenious melange of fantasy, action, humor, and sly bits of social commentary contain complex underlying themes of the nature of love, reality, and dreams."
Kirkus Reviews (04/15/2003)
"With its wry wit and acerbic collision of the mystical and the mundane,the latest book in Pratchett's internationally popular Discworld series of fantasy novels, this one specially for young adults, is good solid storytelling done in a style that reads like Celtic mythology fused with the girl power of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' with dialogue by Robert Burns."
New York Times Book Review - J. D. Biersdorfer (06/22/2003)
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