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Loading... The Wee Free Menby Terry PratchettSeries: Discworld: Young Adult (2), Discworld: Tiffany Aching (1), Discworld (30)LibraryThing recommendationsMember recommendations
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. the book is wonderfully written, but the audio really brings the characters to life. we've listened to this countless times, and enjoy every bit of it. (  ) speltbaker | Nov 8, 2009 |  I was hesitant to being the Tiffany Aching Adventure series by Terry Pratchett. I love his adult Discworld books so much, I was afraid his attempts at young adult fiction would be subpar and spoil his genius for me. After reading The Wee Free Men, I'm now just disappointed that I waited so long to read it. While the familiar Discworld characters are absent, Pratchett's fabulous writing is not. The new characters rank right up there with the Discworld characters and the plot is not watered down for younger readers. If anything, perhaps it's not sufficiently different to account for younger readers. The Wee Free Men are wonderful characters, complete with Scottish accents. Tiffany is also a wonderful new addition and has the makings of a wonderful, matter-of-fact, witch. Political and current events satire is missing, but the references to our own world is alive and strong and readers will enjoy making the connections. Overall, another great book by Pratchett, in which he flaunts his writing range and mastery with ease. (  ) ironicqueery | Nov 6, 2009 | Oh wonderful wonderful wonderful! The nonillustrated version was a fantastic new story by Pratchett, and this illustrated version does the original justice. There are details on every single page, including adorable wee free men trying to steal the letters off the page. Every child should own this! ( ) hjjugovic | Oct 3, 2009 | Miss Perspicacia Tick, a witch finder and witch herself, has spotted a ripple in the walls of the universe. Miss Tiffany Aching of Home Farm on The Chalk, all of 9 years, wants to be a witch too after an incident where a harmless old woman is persecuted and left to die in the winter storms. To top that all off she's just dispatched a big green river monster with a frying pan while using her younger brother as bait. Shortly thereafter, the Queen of the fairies kidnaps her baby brother. With the help of a talking frog, loaned by Miss Tick, and an army of thieving, nippy, boozy wee free men called the Nac Mac Feegle who used to work for the Queen, Tiffany sets off rescue him.  ravenwood0001 | Aug 20, 2009 | This is a Discworld novel but it didn’t feel like one. It was still entertaining, though; the Feegles are really funny. Tiffany spends a lot of time in the dream world, which is strange. It’s really not much of a ‘Discworld’ book, it’s only loosely based on the world really, but it was an entertaining and fairly quick read all the same. Not my favourite Discworld, though. ( ) lecari | Jul 9, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0385605331, Hardcover)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. (Ages 10 to 14) --Jennifer Hubert(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:09 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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