false<![CDATA[The Wee Free Men (Discworld: Tiffany Aching, #1)]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181332610m/1139152.jpg3449431Nine-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) <I>--Jennifer Hubert</I> 62580book2003The Wee Free Men (Discworld: Tiffany Aching, #1)total:5176|5:2312|4:1807|3:882|2:144|1:31|517621753657947757falsefalseMon Jun 02 06:59:52 -0700 2008Tue Sep 16 09:42:20 -0700 2008
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Twilight *cough*). Where the latter feature some downright disturbing gender politics, The Wee Free Men has a he...more...]]>
43falsefalseSat Jul 19 16:36:27 -0700 2008Sat Jul 19 16:37:32 -0700 2008 I resisted reading this book for the longest time. I didn't want to have any truck with Terry Pratchett dumbing himself down for the masses -- or for the kiddies, either. Thankfully, if there was any ...more...]]>
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Crivens! I love Terry Pratchett's work, and his latest endeavors into Takes-Place-On-Discworld-But-Isn't-A-Discworld-Novels are, if possible, even better than just your standard Discworld novels. If you could ever have a 'standard' Discworld novel...
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Pratchett takes all sorts of fairy tales and children's stories--including one of my faves, Peter Pan--and mashes them into his own tale about Tiffany, a nine-year-old witch in training. Tiffany is gutsy, smart (she's got First Sight and Second Thoughts; I need to d...more...]]>
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30falsefalseMon Sep 21 19:22:20 -0700 2009Mon Sep 21 19:27:30 -0700 2009 This book is part of the Discworld series, and definitely targeted at Young Adults. Mind you, just about any Discworld book is probably good for young adults, but this one is probably fo...more...]]>
50falsefalseThu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Sep 10 07:12:12 -0700 2009Fri Sep 11 06:59:26 -0700 2009 Then, my friend Lyn lent me a book from the Tiffany Aching series. It wasn't this...more...]]>
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Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch...more...]]>
51falsefalseSat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sun Aug 30 20:39:52 -0700 2009Sat Sep 05 18:17:46 -0700 20091 Tiffany Aching is just a wee girl, but that doesn't stop her from acknowledging her duty to her corner of the world. And the appearance of something like Jenny Greenteeth in HER river has made her exceedingly angry!
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30falsefalseFri Aug 07 08:50:37 -0700 2009Fri Aug 07 08:54:02 -0700 2009 I read one of the Discworld books earlier in the year. I'm not a big fantasy person, but the Wee Free Men are so fun...more...]]>
30falsefalseWed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Fri Oct 09 06:36:44 -0700 2009Fri Oct 09 06:44:40 -0700 2009 I enjoyed listening to the book, because it takes place in (I think) Scotland, and the reader had a (I thin...more...]]>
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