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: | 2005-06-01 | | Narrated by: | Stephen Briggs | | Series: | Discworld Series | | Edition Description: | Unabridged |
| Size | | Height: | 5.8 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 8.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be, is all that stands between the monsters of Fairyland and the warm, green Chalk country that is her home. Forced into Fairyland to seek her kidnapped brother, Tiffany allies herself with the Chalk's local Nac Mac Feegle -- aka the Wee Free Men -- a clan of sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men who are as fierce as they are funny. Together, they battle though an eerie and ever-shifting landscape, fighting brutal flying fairies, dream-spinning dromes, and grimhounds -- black dogs with eyes of fire and teeth of razors -- before ultimately confronting the Queen of the Elves, absolute ruler of a world in which reality intertwines with nightmare. And in the final showdown, Tiffany must face her cruel power alone ...
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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