The Wee Free Men
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| Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 30th novel | |
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| Characters: | Tiffany Aching, Nac Mac Feegle, Granny Weatherwax |
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| Motifs: | Fantasy clichés |
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| Year of release: | 2003 |
| Original publisher: | Doubleday |
| Hardback ISBN: | ISBN 0385607369 |
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| Awards: | WH Smith Teen Choice Award 2003 American Library Association's Best Book For Young Adults 2003 Parenting Book of the Year Award 2003 Center for Children's Books' Blue Ribbon |
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The Wee Free Men is the 30th novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and the second Discworld book for younger readers. Although primarily written for children this book enjoys a large adult readership. For a period before its release it was known as For Fear Of Little Men. A sequel, A Hat Full of Sky, was published in 2004.
While Terry Pratchet's first book for children, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents had swearing translated to rat language, in this book it is in the dialect of the Nac Mac Feegle. However, it does cheekily use the word pished, which Terry Pratchet assures the reader that he does not know what it means.
The Queen of the Elves (see Lords and Ladies) has another attempt at invading the Discworld, by stealing children and infesting dreams.
With the help of the Wee Free Men, the Nac Mac Feegle (see Carpe Jugulum), 9-year-old Tiffany Aching finds out that her grandmother used to be the witch of the Chalklands, and that she has inherited the trade. So when her baby brother is stolen, Tiffany and the Nac Mac Feegle enter the elves' world to steal him back.
Translations
- Svobodnej národ (Czech)
- De små blå mænd (Danish)
- Vapaat Pikkumiehet (Finnish)
- Kleine freie Männer (German)
- L' intrepida Tiffany e i piccoli uomini liberi (Italian)
- Wolni Ciutludzie (Polish)
