A Hat Full of Sky
2004
- discworld (imaginary place)
- fairies
- fairies in fiction
- fiction
- juvenile fiction
- monsters
- monsters in fiction
- witches
- witches in fiction
- reading level-grade 7
The story
Something is coming after Tiffany ...Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this!What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the fierce, six-inch-high Wee Free Men can protect her. In the end, it will take all of Tiffany's inner strength to save herself ... if it can be done at all.A Story of Discworld
What it’s like
Wry, bright and unhurried, with the warm clutter of a farmhouse kitchen and the wind-combed green of the Chalk: this is a book to read with a mug of tea on a grey afternoon or curled up at bedtime, when you want cleverness without dread. Pratchett's prose is quick and conversational, full of dry asides, comic footnote-like digressions and shrewd little observations about village life, goats, and the stubborn business of growing up. The sensory world is rural and earthy, with wool, woodsmoke, damp turf, and the sharp cold of the hills, all rendered in short, lively sentences that move briskly. Its emotional register is cozy with a serious undertow: a young girl learning that competence and kindness matter more than glamour, and a steady, gently funny rhythm that never lingers on horror. There is a creeping, shadowy menace running through it, handled at a child's-story pitch, so the scary parts stay brief and unsensational. Violence is minimal and bloodless, with fright rather than gore. It suits middle-grade readers, families reading aloud, and adults who want a gentle, witty fantasy with a heroine who earns her place.
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