Carnegie Medalist and writer extraordinaire. A Hat Full of Sky Jun-2004 Book - 2 Witch-in-training Tiffany Aching hadn't expected magic to involve chores and ill-tempered nanny goats But as Tiffany pursues her calling, a sinister monster pursues Tiffany, and neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the s. The Author: Terry Pratchett, celebrated creator of the internationally best-selling Discworld series. Wise, witty and wonderful, A Hat Full of Sky is Terry Pratchetts second novel about Tiffany and the Wee Free Men - the rowdiest, toughest, smelliest bunch.
A gonnagle tends to be somewhat more intelligent and level-headed than most other male Feegles, and often acts as an advisor to the Big Man. The Book: Hilarious, breathtaking, spine-tingling sequel to the acclaimed Wee Free Men. In A Hat Full of Sky, the gonnagle, Awflly Wee Billy Bigchin, can play the mousepipes so sadly that it will start to rain outside. Members include: Rob Anybody, Daft Wullie, and Awfully Wee Billy Bigchin. Will attack anything larger than themselves. A Hat Full of Sky Series: 32 of Discworld Written by: Terry Pratchett Narrated by: Stephen Briggs Unabridged Audiobook Play Free With 30 Day Free Trial Add to Cart - 24. Famed for drinking, stealing, and fighting. The Threat: A Hiver, insidious disembodied presence drawn to powerful magic. At eleven years old, is boldest heroine ever to have confronted the Forces of Darkness while armed with a frying pan. Is about to discover that battling evil monarchs is child's play compared to mortal combat with a Hiver (see below). Once saved world from Queen of the Elves. That is the root and heart and soul and center of witchcraft, that is.The Heroine: Tiffany Aching, incipient witch and cheese maker extraordinaire. It’s sittin’ up all night with some poor old man who’s leavin’ the world, taking away such pain as you can, comfortin’ their terror, seein’ ‘em safely on their way…and then cleanin’ ‘em up, layin’ ‘em out, making ‘em neat for the funeral, and helpin’ the weeping widow strip the bed and wash the sheets-which is, let me tell you, no errand for the fainthearted-and stayin’ up the next night to watch over the coffin before the funeral, and then going home and sitting down for five minutes before some shouting angry man comes bangin’ on your door ‘cuz his wife’s havin’ difficulty givin’ birth to their first child and the midwife’s at her wits’ end and then getting up and fetching your bag and going out again…We all do that, in our own way, and she does it better’n me, if I was to put my hand on my heart. “Now that’s what I call magic-seein’ all that, dealin’ with all that, and still goin’ on. Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic.
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