The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett
The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett
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The Wee Free Men

Author: Terry Pratchett

Narrator: Indira Varma, Bill Nighy, Steven Cree

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 09/05/2023


Synopsis

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * Horn Book Fanfare Book * Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice * SLJ Best Book of the Year By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.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. . . .The five funny and fabulous Tiffany Aching adventures are:The Wee Free MenA Hat Full of SkyWintersmithI Shall Wear MidnightThe Shepherd’s CrownTiffany’s mentors, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, star in the novels Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Maskerade, and Carpe Jugulum. And don’t miss Terry Pratchett’s hilarious and wise Discworld novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, winner of the Carnegie Medal!

About Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on June 11, 2022

It would have been extremely cool if Pratchett would have honored more countries by making fun of their stereotypes and traditions, but so at least the Scots can feel really happy about having been made immortal by him. Of course, this is to take with a grain of rice, because some of the exaggerati......more

Goodreads review by Matt on July 07, 2016

I'm a huge fan of dangerous books for boys. I love classic boys literature, whether Dumas's 'Count of Monte Cristo', Kipling's 'Jungle Book', Burroughs 'A Princess of Mars', Tolkien's 'The Hobbit', or Heinlein's juvenile fiction. I love good stories that instruct boys in being adults. I love them fo......more

Goodreads review by Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews on March 24, 2022

A children's discworld book that will likely be appreciate by it's intended demographic I have been going through reading all of the Discworld books in order, and I originally intended on skipping the children's books. However reading some of the reviews of them by people like Patrick Rothfuss who sa......more

Goodreads review by María on August 09, 2017

Le tengo cariño a casi todas las brujas, para qué mentir. Pero Tiff me ha robado el corazón.......more