The Wee Free Men

Terry Pratchett

Oct 2009 · Harper Collins

About this ebook

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * Horn Book Fanfare Book * Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice * SLJ Best Book of the Year 

By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.

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 five funny and fabulous Tiffany Aching adventures are:

• 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, winner of the Carnegie Medal! 

Ratings and reviews

The Wee Free Men is an excellent book for anybody, even if you don’t like fantasy, this book will get you hooked. The Wee Free Men was written by Terry Pratchett, who has an excellent imagination! It’s about a girl named Tiffany… who has a very annoying little brother. And when he’s kidnapped, she must find a way to get him back. And all she has is a frying pan, a book about sheep diseases, and an army of The Nac Mac Feegle. The Nac Mac Feegle are 6 inched blue pictsies that were thrown out of faerie land for being drunken and disorderly. They love to fight, and they can get in and out of anywhere… but they can’t get out of bars! Every time you read about the Nac Mac Feegle, you just have to smile, they’re simply hilarious! They may not be the nicest creatures, but you just have to look forward to reading about them.

i have read this book more than once and every time it seems to get better. This is probably the best book in the wee free men series, i've read them all. if i had to describe it in one word i would say it was 'imagination overload' even though its two words not one. i love terry pratchetts imagination and i think he is an inspiration to young writers.

As a big sister who often thought about using her little brother for bait, I was sucked into the story early and held on through the ride. Good fantasy-adventure - not too scary, and shows the benefits of keeping grounded and thinking clearly -- plus there are bits that are just laugh-out-loud funny! A quick read for adults, a grand adventure for the tweens/teens -- good fun!

About the author

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was 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.