The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching #1 / Discworld #30)
Author(s): PRATCHETT, TERRY
There're a lot of edges, more than people know. Between life and death, this world and the next ...an' they need watchin' ...'There's trouble on the Wold, its boundaries weak since Granny Aching - the hag o' the hills - died. Now all there is to stop the nightmares from taking over is young Tiffany Aching, who's learning fast about duty, about responsibility and about who she is and what she is. Luckily she's got the help of the Nac Mac Feegle - a band of tiny, disreputable pictsies known as the Wee Free Men. They'll fight anything ...
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"Funny, terrifying and enlightening and quite, quite brilliant" Starburst "Plenty to laugh at here, not least Pratchett's ability to put a 90 degree spin on the familiar" The Times "Teen witch Tiffany is one of [Terry Pratchett's] most formidable creations yet" Time Out "Ingenious melange of fantasy, action, humour, and sly bits of social commentary" Kirkus Reviews
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. His fortieth Discworld novel, Raising Steam, was published in 2013. His books have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015. www.terrypratchett.co.uk @terryandrob
General Fields
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- : randnz
- : randnz
- : 0.226
- : 01 June 2008
- : 198mm X 127mm X 20mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : PRATCHETT, TERRY
- : -
- : 823.914
- : 320
- : Illustrations
