Why did I love this book?
I love all of Pratchett’s books. I love this one in particular. The storyline is insanely intriguing and more than tickles the imagination. I’m not sure what “more than tickling” is but I do know what it feels like! The title characters – the wee free men – are, as far as I can tell, unrivalled in literature. Tiny, blue, drunken, thieving fairies (in the most diabolical sense of the word) who speak mainly in Scots swear words.
Terry Pratchett is the author who has most influenced my own writing. He has taught me to stretch my imagination to the borderlands of absurdity and yet to stay true to human nature, with its endearing foibles. Crivins! The Truth is bleedin’ hilarious, do ye ken?
10 authors picked The Wee Free Men as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 12, 13, 14, and 15.
A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . .
Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle - aka the Wee Free Men - a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.
Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself . . .
THE FIRST BOOK IN THE TIFFANY ACHING SEQUENCE