Category: | Book |
By (author): | Pratchett, Terry |
Series: | Tiffany Aching |
Subject: | FICTION / Fantasy / General |
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / General | |
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / General | |
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women | |
Audience: | young adult |
Awards: | New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age Locus Award ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults ALA Notable Children’s Book Horn Book Fanfare |
Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Published: | September 2015 |
Format: | Book-paperback |
Pages: | 400 |
Size: | 8.00in x 5.31in x 0.90in |
From The Publisher* | The second in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching. Something is coming after Tiffany. . . . Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic-not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this! What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the fierce, six-inch-high Wee Free Men can protect her. In the end, it will take all of Tiffany's inner strength to save herself . . . if it can be done at all. |
Review Quote* | "A masterpiece of comic fantasy. [Pratchett's] deep feeling for landscape, animals, kindness, and courage make his adventures deeply satisfying as well as clever." |
Review Quote* | "Wonderful language, genuinely scary explorations and a young girl whose growing up is believable and exciting." |
Review Quote* | "The humor races from cerebral to burlesque without dropping a stitch. Astonishing." |
Review Quote* | "Tiffany is Hermione Granger, Gaiman's Coraline, and Pullman's Lyra Belacqua rolled into one. A great adventure with plenty of magic and laughs." |
Review Quote* | "By turns hilarious and achingly beautiful, this be just right." |
Review Quote* | "Readers will curl up to read with a sigh of contentment." |
Review Quote* | "Full of irreverent humor, laugh-out-loud dialogue, and many memorable characters. Fans of the previous book are in for another treat." |