Product Description

When Tiffany Aching - young witch - steps into a dance she shouldn't, the spirit of winter falls in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs, says it with avalanches and showers her with snowflakes - and suddenly winter is all around her. All the time. With the help of the Nac Mac Feegle, first met in The Wee Free Men, and a bit of advice from witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, Tiffany must put the mess right - or there will never be another springtime ...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2412 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

From the Inside Flap
Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made one little mistake . .

And now the spirit of winter is in love with her.He gives her snowflakes and icebergs, says it with avalanches and showers her with snowflakes – which is tough when you're 13, but also just a little bit . . . cool.

And just because the Wintersmith wants to marry you is no excuse forneglecting the chores. So she must look after Miss Treason, who's 113 and has far too many eyes, learn the secret of Boffo, catch Horace the cheese, stop Annagramma Hawkin from becoming an embarrassment to all witches, avoid Nanny Ogg giving her a lecture on sex, stop the gods from seeing her in the bath—

‘Crivens!’

– oh yes, and behelped by the Nac Mac Feegles, whether she wants it or not.

It's unfair, but as Granny Weatherwax says, no one ever said it was going to be. And if Tiffany doesn't work it all out, there will never be another springtime . . .

A glorious and exuberant fantasy tale, crackling with energy and humour, Wintersmith is the third tale in a sequence about Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men.

Set on the Discworld.

From the Back Cover
'She's danced her way into the oldest story there is, and the only way out is through the end'

Every action has a consequence. Even small, spontaneous, perhaps involuntary ones. And as a result of one such action, life for Tiffany Aching is about to get very complicated. By dancing with a charismatic stranger, she has inadvertently begun a sequence of tumultuous events from which she cannot escape. But it's not just Tiffany who will suffer the consequences of that supposedly innocent dance: it's everyone who has expectations of the routines of life - that day will follow night, and that spring will follow winter. Because nature must be allowed to take its course...

'Pratchett is great, not because he doesn't know where to stop but because he knows where not to stop. He packs teenage sexuality, elemental mystery, and outright mystery into the same space...In every sense, fantastic' Independent

'Pratchett's one-liners, the comic dialogue, the satire about teenagers and the credulousness of ordinary folk make for a characteristically entertaining mix' Sunday Times

About the Author
'Brilliantly funny dialogue... high peaks of imagination' THE TIMES Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed author of the bestselling Discworld series for adults and, more recently, children and was appointed OBE in 1998. His first Discworld novel for children, THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS, was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal.

Customer Reviews

One of my favourites
This has become one of my favourite books. I've always loved the "witches" series and the "nac mac feegle" who appear in Carpe Jugulum invaded my brain, kicked a few bottles around and dossed down.

This is, as others have said, the third in the "Tiffany Aching" series. I admit I enjoyed the first, wasn't too struck with the second (to start with), but with this one Pratchett is back to his best. It hooked me from the start.

Pratchett's talent and skill is in the folklore and the facts which he uses in the books, the little things, like the old belief in summer and winter Gods, the laying out and sitting with the dead, etc. For me it is these small factual titbits that add to the story and make it more than your typical 'story book'. Some of the in-jokes seem to be based on this 'secret' knowledge and understanding (Da Vinci Code but much much better and not boring).

If you've never read Pratchett before then I would heartily recommend this series - Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith.

If you're unsure try the library first. Annoyingly this series tends to be found in the children's section of book shops and libraries - so if you're going in to a library to look at one, take a child with you, or do as I did, and borrow a friend's child.

Wonderful read
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is witty, laugh out loud funny at times, and thoroughly enjoyable. I am 40 something but that didn't stop me enjoying it immensely! I normally have my nose in a crime thriller murder mystery sort of book but thought I would try this for a change. I wasn't disappointed. Excellent book.

Winter comes for Tiffany
As the third book in the Tiffany Aching series `Wintersmith' had a lot to live up to as `Hat Full of Sky' was one of my favourite books and while it didn't totally live up to its predecessor `Wintersmith' is still thoroughly entertaining. This book begins with Tiffany, now almost thirteen, working with the eccentric old witch Miss Treason but when she is taken to witness a mysterious dance in the middle of the night she gets caught in the moment and things can only get worse. Now the personification of Winter is in love with her, Annagramma is making a mess of things and the gods are spying on her.

Although not as good as the previous book in the series `Wintersmith' is still a cut above many books that I have read and continues to make the Tiffany Aching books some of the best in the Discworld series. The first quarter of the book is slightly lacklustre but the story soon picks up in chapter five, which in and of it self has some of the most beautifully written scenes that I have read in a while. Terry Pratchett is a brilliantly imaginative writer and this book shows off his talents will, blending mythology, folklore and common sense into a brilliantly funny, involving and in places tender story.