Born Terence David John Pratchett, Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. He died in March 2015 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. You can find out more about his life and work at www.terrypratchettbooks.com Hah! Nearly everyone I knows is dead." Mr Weavall stared at the bunch of flowers for a while, then straightened up again. "Still, can't do nothin' about that, can we? Not even for a box of gold!""No, Mr Weavall," said Tiffany hoarsely. The words ran through Tiffany’s mind as she watched the sheep, and she found joy – at the new lambs, at life, at everything. Joy is to fun what the deep seea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.

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The Obstructive Love Interest: Subverted with Jeannie the kelda. She's initially jealous of Tiffany, because Jeannie's brand-new husband, Rob Anybody Feegle, has known Tiffany longer than he's known Jeannie, was briefly engaged to her (long story), and is itching to leave behind his home and duties there because he knows Tiffany is in danger. Rob understands Jeannie's stress, and promises that if she asks him, he'll stay with his clan and be the Big Man. Jennie thanks him, then lays a geas on him to go and find Tiffany and protect her, because the Chalk needs its witch. Jeannie and Tiffany end up becoming fast friends. The 32nd Discworld book, the third written for young adults, and second in the Tiffany Aching series. Granny Weatherwax no longer needs any kind of introduction or summary. But it is important to note that Tiffany herself has already become a very special character - and this is only her second book! She might be only 11 in this volume, but she's already thoroughly fleshed out, has her head and heart in the right place and I'm now convinced where this is headed (I had a hunch before but this made it clear, though I don't want to think about it yet). She's smart, quirky, loveable, headstrong ... a proper hag. ;) Homage: The Hiver shares many characteristics with the Brollochan, a similar possessing spirit depending for its sensory input on forcibly occupying the bodies of living things, in Alan Garner's The Moon of Gomrath.Tiffany's attempt at making a shamble (sort of a witch's Swiss Army Knife). Makes one... fails. Makes another one... fails. On her third attempt, she fails again, and realises that it was stupid to rely on the rule of three, since things don't happen like that in reality.

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TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Conservation of Ninjutsu: Or of Witchcraft, oddly. At the Witch Trials there's scores of witches present, and when something bad happens they all shout, rush about and don't do anything useful at all. Once we were blobs in the sea, and then fishes, and then lizards and rats and then monkeys, and hundreds of things in between. This hand was once a fin, this hand once had claws! In my human mouth I have the pointy teeth of a wolf and the chisel teeth of a rabbit and the grinding teeth of a cow! Our blood is as salty as the sea we used to live in! When we're frightened, the hair on our skin stands up, just like it did when we had fur. We are history! Everything we've ever been on the way to becoming us, we still are. [...]Exhilarating suspense and unforgettable characters await the readers of this magical adventure, destined to become a classic. Fat Comic Relief: Averted. At first, it seems like Petulia is going to be this trope. However, instead of making her a punchline, Pratchett made Petulia a person. Despite her insignificance to the plot, when she is talked about or present, she is treated with respect. And she comes to her own at the end of the book, when she overcomes her fear of being criticized, steps up to Annagramma, and wins the Witch Trials.

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The second in beloved and bestselling fantasy grandmaster Sir Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching. I'm made up of the memories of my parents and my grandparents, all my ancestors. They're in the way I look, in the colour of my hair. And I'm made up of everyone I've ever met who's changed the way I think.”As the literary world mourns the death of the Discworld creator, here are some of his most inspiring and memorable quotes. Add your favourites in the comments Miss Level somehow is a single individual whose brain and soul is split between two identical bodies. This allows her to seemingly bilocate, and in her youth she joined the circus as a pair of twins. She’s a sweet character, but that subplot seemed a bit Miss Peregrine-ish for this book.

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These little blue scoundrels were responsible for most of the fun I’ve had with the first Aching novel, so I hoped they will not be absent for long. Indeed, I don’t think I reveal a major spoiler if I mention that Rob Anything, Slightly Sane Georgie, Daft Wullie, Awf’ly Wee Billy and their ‘pished’ mates will soon follow Tiffany into her exile, up to their usual hilarious and boisterous antics. Non-Malicious Monster: The hiver's only emotion, as it turns out, is fear; it describes its entire existence as an And I Must Scream situation after it becomes self-aware. It also doesn't actually want to hurt its hosts, it just grants all their hidden desires, unable to understand why they're hidden, and with no regard for self-preservation. Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing -

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Professor Monty Bladder's Three Ring Circus is typical British style humour - 'Bladder' having its literal meaning but also meaning 'drunk' (bladdered) and 'Monty' is a reference to the British slang term for ' going the whole way" as in the movie The Full Monty meaning to 'take it all off and go completely naked.' There is also the obvious " Monty Python's Flying Circus' which Pratchett references regularly. Many philosophical implications, but I´ll just go with the one that discipline, auto self mind control, and a kind of forced positive psychology are the best steps to avoid getting first haunted and later controlled by your dark side. Tiffany learns this the hard way, later regretting the things done under the influence of the dark force.