The second in beloved and bestselling fantasy grandmaster Sir Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching. The narrator is amazing.Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adolescent Literature * Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Winner * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book Sorry, ye daft scunners.ĮDIT EDIT: I listened to books 1-3 via Libby, and just took out book 4. I have been informed that 'crivens' is valid Scottish slang. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.ĮDIT: These books are, of course, great for people of any gender, and boys need female role models too! I love these books a lot, and I think any young human (and especially young women) would get a lot out of them. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. Why do you go away? So you can come back. There's just what happens, and what we do. LEVEL: There isn't a way things should be. They teach amazing life lessons along the way, a couple of which have made their way into the 'Quotes' note on my phone: I won't spoil the plots of the books, but I will say that almost all of the major characters are badass ladies who get shit done. They have a whole vocabulary of nonsense Scots words such as 'crivens,' an all-purpose curse that I'm going to start using daily, and their typical approach to any problem is to rush in and start kicking it.

The first one, The Wee Free Men, features Tiffany befriending a gang of tiny Scottish fairies who love nothing more than drinking, fighting, stealing, fighting while drinking, drinking while stealing, and fighting while drinking & stealing.

Right off the bat these novels are utterly delightful. The books are about the title character, a young girl from a rural agricultural village who grows into some magical powers and has to reckon with forces beyond her ken, and also the joys and perils of family, community, and responsibility. The Tiffany Aching books are set on Pratchett's Discworld, but as with all Discworld series they stand perfectly on their own. I just finished Wintersmith (#3) via Libby last night, nearly shed a tear. I read these books as a kid and enjoyed them, but they really shine upon re-reading.

The tiffany aching series