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ISBN13: 9780060890315 |
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In Wintersmith, Terry Pratchett brings back young witch Tiffany Aching and the Feegles, the captivating heroes of The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full of Sky. Blending Celtic mythology, irresistible adventure, and his own peculiar Discworld hilarity, Pratchett delivers a novel that will delight his longtime fans and garner hordes of new fans. Waily, waily, waily, ye'll no' wanna miss oot*! (*Yes, there's a Feegle Glossary included.)
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At 11, she battled an ancient body-stealing evil.
At 13, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy. And boys can be a bit of a problem when you're thirteen...
But the Wintersmith isn't exactly a boy. He is Winter itself — snow, gales, icicles — all of it. When he has a crush on Tiffany, he may make her roses out of ice, but his nature is blizzards and avalanches. And he wants Tiffany to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever.
Tiffany will need all her cunning to make it to Spring. She'll also need her friends, from junior witches to the legendary Granny Weatherwax. They —
Crivens! Tiffany will need the Wee Free Men, too! She'll have the help of the bravest, toughest, smelliest pictsies ever to be banished from Fairyland — whether she wants it or not.
It's going to be a cold, cold season, because if Tiffany doesn't survive until Spring —
— Spring won't come.
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At 11, she battled an ancient body-stealing evil.
At 13, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy. And boys can be a bit of a problem when you're thirteen. . . .
But the Wintersmith isn't exactly a boy. He is Winter itself-; snow, gales, icicles-; all of it. When he has a crush on Tiffany, he may make her roses out of ice, but his nature is blizzards and avalanches. And he wants Tiffany to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever.
Tiffany will need all her cunning to make it to Spring. She'll also need her friends, from junior witches to the legendary Granny Weatherwax. They-;
Crivens! Tiffany will need the Wee Free Men too! She'll have the help of the bravest, toughest, smelliest pictsies ever to be banished from Fairyland-; whether she wants it or not.
It's going to be a cold, cold season, because if Tiffany doesn't survive until Spring-;
-; Spring won't come.
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crowyhead, April 16, 2007 (view all comments by crowyhead)
Anything involving the Wee Free Men is hilarious, and this is no exception. I didn't feel like it hung together quite as well as the first two books, plotwise; there were a couple of secondary plot elements that seemed, if not recycled, somewhat predictable. It's still totally great, though, and if the first two Tiffany Aching books weren't so spectacular, I probably would have rated it 5/5.
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Scott Hays, November 22, 2006 (view all comments by Scott Hays)
Witches don't do magic. Witches may cast spells, but mostly they just know the folks whom they serve. For witches are, after all, servants. They may have a mind of their own, and they may not be too easy to get along with, but a witch is ... after all ... precisely what people think she should be.
So we discover as Tiffany Aching matures in this, the third Tiffany Aching story. And it is, as Pratchett so often sets it up to be, a story about "stories". In the stories ... at least, in these kinds of basic stories ... the hero must overcome fear and terror, most particularly the fear and terror of monsters inside his own head; the ones he brings with him. Even an unlikely small hero, like a Nac Mac Feegle. Like Rob Anybody. Or Roland of Lancre.
A Pratchett witch story is not complete without Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and the other witches of Discworld. Throw in some fearless Feegles and a wee big hag, and this one will have you wishing for just one more.
Please!
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780060890315
- Author:
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Author:
- Subject:
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
- Subject:
- Humorous Stories
- Subject:
- Winter
- Subject:
- Witches
- Subject:
- Action & Adventure - General
- Copyright:
- 2006
- Publication Date:
- September 26, 2006
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- Children/juvenile
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 323
- Dimensions:
- 9.28x6.36x1.13 in. 1.24 lbs.
- Age Level:
- 12-17
