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Nov 14, 2018IndyPL_SteveB rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Tiffany Aching Adventure #4 from one of the best English writers. The first Tiffany story was *The Wee Free Men*, when 9-year-old Tiffany discovers she has the ability to become a witch and meets the Mac Nac Feegles, a society of tiny blue warriors/thieves. “Witch” in Pratchett’s world is a woman who can do magic, but most of what they do is based on being a kind neighbor. She helps with lost sheep, poor women giving birth, old people who have trouble feeding themselves, and sometimes helping people feel more at ease before Death (in Discworld, the capital letter matters) comes for them. In this fourth book in the series, Tiffany is almost 16 and the Feegles are her devoted protectors – which is both better and worse than you might imagine. Something Tiffany has done in the past has unleashed the ghost of a famous witch-executioner from hundreds of years past. Pratchett gives us plenty of old favorite characters from previous Tiffany books, including Roland, the reluctant palace guard Preston, and two great characters that cross over from other Discworld books, the wise witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. As always, there are the hilarious Feegles: Rob Anybody, Daft Wullie, and the others. The book is very funny, of course, but with a seriously dangerous task to complete.