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At 11, she battled an ancient body-stealing evil. | At 11, she battled an ancient body-stealing evil. | ||
At 13, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy. And boys can be a bit of a problem when you're thirteen | At 13, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy. And boys can be a bit of a problem when you're thirteen... | ||
But the Wintersmith isn't "exactly" a boy. He is Winter itself-snow, gales, icicles-all of it. When he has a crush on Tiffany, he may make her roses out of ice, but his nature is blizzards and avalanches. And he wants Tiffany to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever. | But the Wintersmith isn't "exactly" a boy. He is Winter itself-snow, gales, icicles-all of it. When he has a crush on Tiffany, he may make her roses out of ice, but his nature is blizzards and avalanches. And he wants Tiffany to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever. | ||
Tiffany will need all her cunning to make it to Spring. She'll also need her friends, from junior witches to the legendary Granny Weatherwax. | Tiffany will need all her cunning to make it to Spring. She'll also need her friends, from junior witches to the legendary Granny Weatherwax. | ||
"Crivens!" Tiffany will need the Wee Free Men too! She'll have the help of the bravest, toughest, smelliest pictsies ever to be banished from Fairyland-whether she wants it or not. | "Crivens!" Tiffany will need the Wee Free Men too! She'll have the help of the bravest, toughest, smelliest pictsies ever to be banished from Fairyland-whether she wants it or not. | ||
It's going to be a cold, cold season, because if Tiffany doesn't survive until Spring- | It's going to be a cold, cold season, because if Tiffany doesn't survive until Spring - | ||
Spring won't come. | |||
==Main Characters== | ==Main Characters== | ||
Revision as of 01:17, 10 March 2015
| Wintersmith | |
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| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 28 Sep 2006 |
| ISBN | 0385609841 |
| Pages | 352 |
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| Main characters | Tiffany Aching, the Nac Mac Feegle, Granny Weatherwax |
| Series | Tiffany Series |
| Annotations | View |
| Notes | The third Tiffany Aching book and the first Discworld novel to appear in a year. |
| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
Blurb
At 9, Tiffany Aching defeated the cruel Queen of Fairyland.
At 11, she battled an ancient body-stealing evil.
At 13, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy. And boys can be a bit of a problem when you're thirteen...
But the Wintersmith isn't "exactly" a boy. He is Winter itself-snow, gales, icicles-all of it. When he has a crush on Tiffany, he may make her roses out of ice, but his nature is blizzards and avalanches. And he wants Tiffany to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever.
Tiffany will need all her cunning to make it to Spring. She'll also need her friends, from junior witches to the legendary Granny Weatherwax.
"Crivens!" Tiffany will need the Wee Free Men too! She'll have the help of the bravest, toughest, smelliest pictsies ever to be banished from Fairyland-whether she wants it or not.
It's going to be a cold, cold season, because if Tiffany doesn't survive until Spring -
Spring won't come.
Main Characters
- Tiffany Aching
- Wintersmith
- Summer Lady
- Roland
- Miss Treason
- Granny Weatherwax
- Nanny Ogg
- Perspicacia Tick
- Letice Earwig
- Annagramma Hawkin
- Petulia Gristle
- Feegles: The Chalk Hill Clan
Other Characters and Cameos
- Anoia
- The Baron of the Chalk
- Wotua Doinov
- Gwinifer Blackcap
- Death
- Tolliver Groat
- Dimity Hubbub
- Lucy Warbeck
- Aunt Danuta
- Aunt Araminta
Locations
Things and Concepts
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