Terry Pratchett entertains readers
young and old with his newest installment to his
fantasy universe,
Discworld. Wintersmith, the third book revolving around the young
witch Tiffany Aching. Tiffany is a normal thirteen year old girl to some existent, if one did not count her magical capabilities. Even though she was known for level headness, Tiffany being a true blooded teenagers with unexpected impulses, learns most lessons the hard way: do something wrong and then try to fix it. Even though she had been warned to stay away from the strange
dancing men by Miss Treason, her witch tutor, Tiffany gets caught up in her memories of the Morris dancers of her early childhood and begins dancing with the men. This unprompted dancing causes the problems in which this story begins: the Wintersmith, an essence of
Winter, falls in love with the young witch and in his attempt to woe her with presents of special snowflakes and ice roses places Discworld into a non-ending extreme winter. So, it comes to Tiffany to fix what she caused. She must find a way to end the blizzards which threatens all of Discworld. Tiffany is joined in her endeavors by the Nac Mac Feegles, the Wee Free Men, as they retain their self-appointed position of keeping guard over the teenager. Pratchett’s
Wintermith is a very comical read, perfect for children of all ages. Mr. Pratchett entertains his reading audience with magic and danger throughout the whole
novel. One does not have to have read any of Pratchett’s
Discworld series to follow
Wintersmith, however, upon completion of the novel, the reader might be drawn into reading more of Pratchett’s
Discworld novels.
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