A hat Full of sky

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Call Number: Teen Fiction / Pratchett, Terry, Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Pratchett, Terry
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world.

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my beloved diskworld submitted by ferdoble on August 11, 2011, 3:51pm To describe Terry Pratchett’s books is a difficult thing to do. The disc world series is in a word fantastic. Terry Pratchett, would seem to use the disk world, to take any theme, or know story and then twist it in his own very humorous way. These are not always laugh out loud funny (sometimes they are), bur rather the sort of funny that just sort of lifts your spirits a little bit.

I will say that in some cases there isn’t always a really strong story, sometimes its just his characters moving through one of those twisted themes. I like them all, you may want to start with the Most Von Lipwig story line (“Going Postal” and then “making money”) as at least the first one has a really great story line.

I love to pepper my reading queue with these books to keep all those books that take themselves seriously fresh and interesting.

I recommend reading them ALL.

OR listening to them. The two main narrators of Terry Pratchett’s books are Stephen Briggs & Nigel Planer and they take Terry Pratchett’s phenomenal writing to a whole new level.

Tiffany continues to rock in this book submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 11, 2012, 7:11pm "A Hat Full of Sky" follows "Wee Free Men" as the second of the Tiffany Aching novels, part of Sir Terry Pratchett's larger and much beloved Discworld series (and if you don't already love them, I highly recommend these books). Tiffany is a young teen who continues her magical training and attempts to keep the mischief-making Nac Mac Feegles, who are small, blue pictsies (as they call themselves, not pixies) out of too much trouble.
We meet some characters from other Discworld books, including Granny Weatherwax. Those who have read "Equal Rites" and "Wyrd Sisters" will have a better understanding of what the Discworld is in general and who the witches in particular are, and so will better appreciate the Tiffany Aching books. After this novel, we continue Tiffany's adventures in "Wintersmith."
Unlike some Young Adult fantasy novels, the Tiffany Aching books feature a strong, independent teenage woman who does not fall in love or base her life's decisions on what some man thinks is best for her.

discworld submitted by unknown on August 10, 2013, 10:45pm Perhaps a lot of adult fans of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series have come to take for granted his ability to combine fantasy, riotous humor, and a touch of "why are we here and what are we for?" metaphysics. In "Hat Full of Sky," a sequel to his kids? hit "Wee Free Men," he manages all these plus more from a pre-teen perspective. However, you?ll really want to read the first volume ("Wee Free"), first, or the plot of "Hat" won't make as much sense to you.

In the previous volume, Tiffany Aching, a young independent farmgirl with witch-like powers, overcomes an evil queen to rescue her brother with the help of a clan of drunken, riotous "Pictsies," six-inch kilt-wearing men painted blue and swearing like truckers. In "Hat Full of Sky," Tiffany goes off for formal witch training, only to be taken over by a "hiver," an evil being who stirs up all one's worst urges. Under the hiver's temporary influence, Tiffany becomes a kind of "mean girl," pushy, self-interested, inconsiderate, and obsessed with clothes.

It strikes me as remarkable that Pratchett (a middle-aged man, after all) could get the internal struggle of the pre-teen so exactly right: wanting to be popular and able to satisfy every urge, but with a wee small voice inside, fighting those urges in favor of a better self.

As in "Wee Free Men," the Pictsies are terrifically funny; the best bit is when the Pictsies climb over each other like acrobats and throw on human clothes to disguise themselves (as a single human) for a journey: they confound their fellow-travelers when the stomach complains out loud to the head, and the gloved hands walk off in opposite directions.

Both full- and pint-sized readers will laugh and enjoy this book!

Might be my favorite submitted by dlfredrickson on July 3, 2021, 5:12pm I love all of the Tiffany Aching books. But I think this might be my favorite of the series. She really comes into her own.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee submitted by SoapyCupcaketoeNaIL on July 19, 2021, 2:02pm tttttttttttttttttttttttttt

glow submitted by smr on August 28, 2021, 9:41am goodmorning