The second in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling
Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was
published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty
bestselling books which have sold over 100 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 for services to
literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his
greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.
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Pratchett's ear for dialogue is superb . . . His deep feeling for
landscape, animals, kindness and courage make his adventures deeply
satisfying as well as clever
*The Times*
Oodles of dry wit, imagination and shrewdly observed characters
*Independent on Sunday*
A great Pratchett strength is the sense that if the jokes . . .
were dropped there would still be a good, engaging fantasy thriller
here
*Independent*
Fantastically inventive and humorous fantasy adventure. Fans will
be sky high
*The Sunday Times*
Funny, typically humorous . . . A must for any Terry Pratchett fan
. . . With its witty and slightly confusing plot-twists and
hilarious dialogue, this is, without doubt, another great
children's book
*Bristol Evening Post*
Pratchett's ear for dialogue is superb . . . His deep feeling for
landscape, animals, kindness and courage make his adventures deeply
satisfying as well as clever * The Times *
Oodles of dry wit, imagination and shrewdly observed characters *
Independent on Sunday *
A great Pratchett strength is the sense that if the jokes . . .
were dropped there would still be a good, engaging fantasy thriller
here * Independent *
Fantastically inventive and humorous fantasy adventure. Fans will
be sky high * The Sunday Times *
Funny, typically humorous . . . A must for any Terry Pratchett fan
. . . With its witty and slightly confusing plot-twists and
hilarious dialogue, this is, without doubt, another great
children's book * Bristol Evening Post *
Gr 5-8-This fantasy continues the story begun in The Wee Free Men (HarperCollins, 2003), in which Tiffany Aching, then age nine, defeated the evil Queen of the Fairies. Now 11, she is beginning her apprenticeship as a witch, as her grandmother was before her. The Wee Free Men have vowed to protect her always. Tiffany's power is untrained and she has accidentally learned how to project herself out of her body or "borrow" herself. This allows a type of demon, a hiver, to take over her mind and destroy it little by little. While she is under its influence, she isn't herself and treats others badly, especially the clique of apprentice witches who have made fun of her. When the Wee Free Men are able to free her, Tiffany banishes the hiver into the next world where Death awaits. With the help of her teacher, who is actually a person with two bodies; wise head witch Granny Weatherwax; an obsessively tidy ghost named Oswald; Toad, a former human lawyer; and Rob Anybody, husband of the current Queen of the Wee Free Men, she learns to find her own magic. This book is full of irreverent humor, laugh-out-loud dialogue, and many memorable characters. A glossary is provided to help decipher the Wee Free Men's Scottish brogue. Fans of the previous book are in for another treat.-Sharon Rawlins, Piscataway Public Library, NJ Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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