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Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adolescent Literature * Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Winner * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children''s Book A sinister monster stalks Tiffany Aching as the young witch pursues her training, helped by master witch Granny Weatherwax and the miniature rascals, the Wee Free Men, in this insightful and hilarious Discworld novel by bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett. "A masterpiece of comic fantasy." -- The Times (London) 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. " A Hat Full of Sky continues Terry Pratchett''s brilliant look into the world of a young witch." -- Fantasy Book Review The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but A Hat Full of Sky is the second book in the fabulous and funny Tiffany Aching series, which is comprised of: The Wee Free Men A Hat Full of Sky Wintersmith I Shall Wear Midnight The Shepherd''s Crown Tiffany''s mentors, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, star in the novels Equal Rites , Wyrd Sisters , Witches Abroad , Lords and Ladies , Maskerade , and Carpe Jugulum . And don''t miss Terry Pratchett''s hilarious and wise Discworld novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents !
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Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred 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 by Queen Elizabeth II for his 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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Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adolescent Literature * Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Winner * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book
A sinister monster stalks Tiffany Aching as the young witch pursues her training, helped by master witch Granny Weatherwax and the miniature rascals, the Wee Free Men, in this insightful and hilarious Discworld novel by bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett.
“A masterpiece of comic fantasy.” —The Times (London)
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.
“A Hat Full of Sky continues Terry Pratchett’s brilliant look into the world of a young witch." —Fantasy Book Review
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but A Hat Full of Sky is the second book in the fabulous and funny Tiffany Aching series, which is comprised of:
- The Wee Free Men
- A Hat Full of Sky
- Wintersmith
- I Shall Wear Midnight
- The Shepherd’s Crown
Tiffany’s mentors, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, star in the novels
Equal Rites,
Wyrd Sisters,
Witches Abroad,
Lords and Ladies,
Maskerade, and
Carpe Jugulum.
And don’t miss Terry Pratchett’s hilarious and wise Discworld novel
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents!
