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.
| Details | | Narrated by: | Stephen Briggs |
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 through 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.In a riveting narrative equal parts suspense and humor, Carnegie Medalist Terry Pratchett returns to his internationally popular Discworld with a breath-taking tale certain to leave fans, new and old, enthralled.
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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