The Wee Free Men:
Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching needs magic--fast! Her sticky little brother
Wentworth has been spirited away by the evil Queen of faerie, and it.s up to
her to get him back safely. Having already decided to grow up to be a witch,
now all Tiffany has to do is find her power. But she quickly learns that it.s
not all black cats and broomsticks. According to her witchy mentor Miss Tick,
"Witches don.t use magic unless they really have to...We do other things.
A witch pays attention to everything that.s going on...A witch uses her head...
A witch always has a piece of string!" Luckily, besides her trusty string,
Tiffany.s also got the Nac Mac Feegles, or the Wee Free Men on her side. Small,
blue, and heavily tattooed, the Feegles love nothing more than a good fight
except maybe a drop of strong drink! Tiffany, heavily armed with an iron skillet,
the feisty Feegles, and a talking toad on loan from Miss Tick, is a formidable
adversary. But the Queen has a few tricks of her own, most of them deadly.
Tiffany and the Feegles might get more than they bargained for on the flip side
of Faerie! Prolific fantasy author Terry Pratchett has served up another
delicious helping of his famed Discworld fare. The not-quite-teen set will
delight in the Feegles. spicy, irreverent dialogue and Tiffany.s salty
determination. Novices to Pratchett.s prose will find much to like here, and
quickly go back to devour the rest of his Discworld offerings. Scrumptiously
recommended.
A Hat Full Of Sky:
Incipient witch Tiffany Aching, who confronted danger in The Wee Free Men
(2003), faces even greater peril in this equally quirky sequel. She is taken
on as an apprentice witch by Miss Level, who is one person with two bodies -
an oddity to say the least. Also, Tiffany is stalked and taken over by a
hiver, an invisible, brainless entity that commands and distorts the mind of
its host, which eventually dies. Luckily Tiffany is strong enough to hide a
section of her mind within herself, but she is otherwise completely under
the control of the hiver. It's the cantankerous Wee Free Men (or the Nac Mac
Feegle) to the rescue, with the help of Miss Level and the wisest, most
respected witch of all. The chase is part slapstick, part terror, and in the
end, Tiffany herself sets things straight. Pratchett maintains the momentum
of the first book, and fans will relish the further adventures of the "big
wee hag," as Tiffany is known to the Feegles.
Wintersmith:
Here's the third Discworld story for younger readers in a series that began
with The Wee Free Men (2003) and continued in A Hat Full of Sky (2004).
Despite a stern warning from Miss Treason, the eccentric witch from whom 13-
year-old Tiffany Aching is learning her craft, the girl has gone and danced
with the wrong men. Having inserted herself into a dark reverse Morris dance
in which summer and winter achieve their seasonal balance, Tiffany has
attracted the amorous attentions of the Wintersmith. To express his ardor,
he brings his chilly powers to bear, replete with Tiffany-shaped snowflakes
burying the world in the rising drifts of his infatuation. While Granny
Weatherwax, Miss Perspicacia Tick, and sundry veteran witches work with
Tiffany to restrain the Wintersmith's zeal, the Wee Free Men set off to fetch
a Hero to assist Tiffany, along the way adopting a cantankerous blue cheese.
Add an assortment of junior witches-in-training, and yet another rollicking,
clever, and quite charming adventure is brought to readers, who will find
themselves delighted again--or for the first time--by Pratchett's exuberant
storytelling.
We Shall Wear Midnight:
It starts with whispers.
Then someone picks up a stone.
Finally, the fires begin.
When people turn on witches, the innocents suffer....
Tiffany Aching has spent years studying with senior witches, and now she is
on her own. As the witch of the Chalk, she performs the bits of witchcraft
that aren.t sparkly, aren.t fun, don.t involve any kind of wand, and that
people seldom ever hear about: She does the unglamorous work of caring for
the needy.
But someone.or something.is igniting fear, inculcating dark thoughts and
angry murmurs against witches. Aided by her tiny blue allies, the Wee Free
Men, Tiffany must find the source of this unrest and defeat the evil at its
root.before it takes her life. Because if Tiffany falls, the whole Chalk
falls with her.
Chilling drama combines with laughout-loud humor and searing insight as
beloved and bestselling author Terry Pratchett tells the high-stakes story
of a young witch who stands in the gap between good and evil.
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