The Wee Free Men
Book 30 of Tiffany Aching
Language: English
1 of 2004 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Aching; Tiffany (Fictitious character) Action & Adventure Children's 12-Up Children: Grades 4-6 Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9) Discworld (Fictitious place) Discworld (Imaginary place) Epic Fairies Fantasy Fantasy & Magic Fiction Girls & Women Humorous Stories Juvenile Fiction Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel Science Fiction; Fantasy; & Magic Science Fiction; Fantasy; Magic Witches Young Adult _isfdb young-adult
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: May 2, 2003
Description:
SUMMARY: A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland. Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be, is all that stands between the monsters of Fairyland and the warm, green Chalk country that is her home. Forced into Fairyland to seek her kidnaped brother, Tiffany allies herself with the Chalk's local Nac Mac Feegle -- aka the Wee Free Men -- a clan of sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men who are as fierce as they are funny. Together they battle through an eerie and ever-shifting landscape, fighting brutal flying fairies, dream-spinning dromes, and grimhounds -- black dogs with eyes of fire and teeth of razors -- before ultimately confronting the Queen of the Elves, absolute ruler of a world in which reality intertwines with nightmare. And in the final showdown, Tiffany must face her cruel power alone....