AnnA H. (stormchaserblue) reviewed on 10/13/2010 + 43 more book reviews

The first of three books based on disc world about a young girl that despite all reason is growing up to be a witch on chalk. The girl, Tiffany Aching, meets Miss Tick and her toad. She feels that something is not right, so she decides to find out what's going on. Her hunch is right, the Queen of the Elves has made another attempt at invading Discworld. She is by stealing children and infesting dreams.

Tiffany is befriended by the Wee Free Men or the Nac Mac Feegle, who help her when her baby brother is stolen. Tiffany and the Nac Mac Feegle enter the elves' world to steal him back.

The Nac Mac Feegle appear to be very Scottish in nature. However since there is no Scotland on Discworld they are not according to Prattchett. This can bee seen in the speech of the Nac Mac Feegle. One of the battlecries made me laugh out loud "They can tak' oour lives, but they cannae tak' oour troousers!"

Nac Mac Feegle legal battlecries.

In January 2006, reports emerged that Sam Raimi and Tim Burton were working on the movie of the story. However, in a June 2008 interview, Pratchett said: "I saw a script that I frankly thought was awful. It seemed to be Wee Free Men in name only. It had all the hallmarks of something that had been good, and then the studio had got involved. It probably won't get made." Upon further searching I did find some stills with a girl dressed as Tiffany with several Nac Mac Feegle so it may be getting made after all.

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