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	Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Soon, Tiffany is pitted against an evil, fairytale queen to rescue her brother and protect the world from being overrun by dreams.
		But she isn't alone -- she has as allies a tribe of Nac Mac Feegle, the wee free men of the title.
		Wee Free Men is a refreshing new story in Terry Pratchett's long-running Discworld series.
	www.rambles.net /pratchett_weefree03.html (245 words)

	Terry Pratchett The Wee Free Men Reviewed By Rick Kleffel
		In 'The Wee Free Men' his second YA title, the language seems finer, the characters more detailed, the prose almost elegiac.
		As it happens, 'The Wee Free Men' could easily change what you think of as "a Terry Pratchett novel." Apparently, we're all going to look back and be utterly amazed that the we were having quite a lot of fun reading what turns out to be great literature.
		The real treat of 'The Wee Free Men' is that anybody can pick it up and have a great time reading what proves to be great literature.
	trashotron.com /agony/reviews/2003/pratchett-wee_free_men.htm (835 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Wee Free Men: Books: Terry Pratchett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Beside being extremely funny and packed with action, The Wee Free Men is also a really sweet book, full of Tiffany's fond memories of Granny Aching, who was a famous shepherd of the Chalk, and a kind of witch in her own way.
		At the simplest level, WEE FREE MEN is an adventure that twists many of the established rules of the fairy tale (the witches are the goodguys, the beautiful Queen is evil, and the baron's son is purely incompetent).
		The Wee Men are funny with their Scottish accents and willingness to fight, but they are also a bit sad and more especially, a good example for all of us.
	www.amazon.ca /Wee-Free-Men-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0385605331 (2726 words)

	The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
		This is probably because The Wee Free Men is being marketed as a children's book, and as such the author (or possibly his editors - it's never quite clear) felt that directly naming previous events would confuse readers who were not familiar with them.
		On the other hand, if you haven't read the previous books then this isn't a problem and you are free to concentrate on the themes of the book, of which there are many.
		The effect that one's elders can have on you and your life, even after they've gone, is presented with marvelous effect by a series of mini-flashbacks where Tiffany remembers a series of relevant episodes involving her Granny Aching, a woman who took a decidedly unique and effective approach to shepherding.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Jun03/weefreemen.htm (611 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Terry Pratchett - The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld at Epinions.com
		She joins forces with the Chalk's local Nac Mac Feegle -- aka the Wee Free Men -- a clan of sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men who are as fierce as they are funny.
		The Wee Free Men continues a wonderful tradition of story writing that is suitable for anyone in the family to read.
		Pratchett is already working on a sequel to The Wee Free Men, and hopes for it to be published next May. A further Discworld novel which he has already completed, to be titled Monstrous Region, is expected to be on sale in November 2003.
	www.epinions.com /content_101051960964 (949 words)

	Terry Pratchett: Wee Free Men
		Furthermore, with its grounding in character and plot, The Wee Free Men escapes from the trap of too many fantasy novels (for both children and adults) of being set in a world which fills the reader with so much wonder that it becomes the primary focus of the book.
		Although the Wee Free Men of the title have featured in other Discworld novels, by making them support characters to the likable and capable Tiffany, Pratchett has written an original work that doesn’t require knowledge of the other Discworld novels.
		Wee Free Men provides an excellent introduction to both Pratchett’s world, his style, and, perhaps most important, his apparent outlook on the world.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/weefreemen.html (495 words)

	The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld -- book review
		Although reading and writing are considered woman’s work, being too wimpy for real men to bother with, not even the women have much time for school; they’re too busy with the daily challenges of the farming life.
		With the help of the Wee Free Men, the girl embarks on a quest to retrieve her brother from the evil Queen, who weaves her magical realm from stolen dreams.
		On the way, she’ll discover the magical potential handed down from her grandmother, and learn that the true exercise of power is, often as not, the wisdom not to use it.
	www.curledup.com /weefree.htm (788 words)

	Terry Pratchett
		The latest Discworld tale, The Wee Free Men, appeared on bookshelves in April 2003.
		Q: In The Wee Free Men, Tiffany comments that where she lives there are “a lot of people with a lot to do.
		Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men is available from Amazon.com.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Jun03/terrypratchett.htm (654 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: The Wee Free Men
		Two of those, in fact, make a cameo appearance at the tail end of The Wee Free Men, a nominally Discworld novel positively sparkling in every shade of octarine, the colour of magic.
		And yet, such is the freshness of Pratchett's take on it, due in large part to his feisty, rash, loyal and incredibly funny clan of the Wee Free Men, that it all assumes quite a different shape and form.
		The Wee Free Men is in fact, in Pratchett's own words, "a whole egg's worth of education" (read the book and you will understand).
	www.sfsite.com /07b/wf156.htm (447 words)

	Amazon.com: The Wee Free Men: Books: Terry Pratchett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Much of the humor is supplied by the alcohol-swilling, sheep-stealing pictsies, the Wee Free Men of the title, who are six-inches high and speak in a broad Scottish brogue.
		Tiffany's witchcraft eschews the flamboyant tricks of wizards; it is quiet, inconspicuous magic, grounded in the earth and tempered with compassion, wisdom, and justice for common folk.
		One thing leads to another, and before long she must rescue her brother from Faerie, be the kelda of the Nac Mac Feegle, the Wee Free Men of the title, and save the world from the terrors of Faerie.
	www.amazon.com /Wee-Free-Men-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0060012382 (2792 words)

	The Wee Free Men - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wee Free Men is the second Story of The Discworld book for younger readers.
		With the help of the Wee Free Men, the Nac Mac Feegle (see Carpe Jugulum), 9-year-old Tiffany Aching finds out that her grandmother used to be the witch of the Chalklands, and that she has inherited the trade.
		All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Wee_Free_Men (587 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Wee Free Men (A story of Discworld): Books: Terry Pratchett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		With the help of a talking frog, loaned by Miss Tick, and an army of thieving, warmongering, nippy, boozy wee free men called the Nac Mac Feegle (who used to work for the Queen but rebelled), Tiffany sets off rescue her kin.
		It is described as a childrens Discworld novel, and that may put some people off, but read this book and I promiase you you'll find it as rich with plot and humour, and as engaging as any of the other Discworld books.
		In this book we are introduced to the Nac Mac Feegle (Wee Free Men), who are very different to any kind of fairies you may have encountered before.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Wee-Free-Men-story-Discworld/dp/0385605331 (1138 words)

	Nac Mac Feegle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nac Mac Feegle (also known as Pictsies, the Wee Free Men, the Little Men, or 'Person or Persons Unknown, Believed to be Armed') are a fictional type of fairy appearing in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels Carpe Jugulum, The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith.
		Aside from being inches tall, they just about invert the Victorian concept of mystical and refined fairies, and hark back to the fairies of folkore, who were generally seen as occasionally helpful thieves and pests.
		The 'Wee Frees' is the name given affectionately to the Free Church of Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nac_Mac_Feegle (2418 words)

	Powell's Books - The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
		Her bravery will win over not only readers but the Wee Free Men of the title, the Nac Mac Feegle-puckish, (somewhat) lovable imps who exude a certain charm despite their innate and unrepentant kleptomania.
		The Nac Mac Feegle come to Tiffany's aid when her younger brother Wentworth is kidnapped; the ultimate showdown between Tiffany and the cold-hearted Queen of the Elves transpires as a joyous triumph of innocence over cruel ambition.
		A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.
	www.powells.com /biblio/1-0060012382-0 (586 words)

	USATODAY.com - Excerpt from 'The Wee Free Men' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		And with that he pulled at a piece of string that was hanging over the side of his boat, and a second red-headed man surfaced, gulping air.
		Her mother had probably gone up to the shearing pens with a bite of lunch for the men, who were shearing this week.
		They were all men, they wore bright robes—or robes, at least, that had been bright before being trailed through mud and dust for years—and every one of them wore a strange fl square hat.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/excerpts/2003-05-21-wee-free-men_x.htm (4525 words)

	Rhode Island Teen Book Award
		When her brother is kidnapped by the fairy queen, Tiffany goes on a rescue mission aided by the Wee Free Men, a band of six-inch-high, blue, fairy-land rejects.
		Armed with a frying pan and a hoard of six-inch high blue men, Tiffany Aching must battle the fairy queen to save her brother.
		The six-inch-blue men are the Nac MacFeegle, kicked out of fairyland because of their cursing, fighting, and drinking.
	www.yourlibrary.ws /ya_webpage/ritba/ritba06/weefreemen.htm (481 words)

	Amazon.ca: A Hat Full of Sky (Wee Free Men, Book 2): Books: Terry Pratchett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In this humorous sequel to The Wee Free Men, Tiffany has got to learn to be a real witch really quickly, with the help of arch-witch Mistress Weatherwax
		Tiffany Aching, a hag from a long line of hags, is trying out her witchy talents again as she is plunged into yet another adventure when she leaves home and is apprenticed to a “real” witch.
		The second in the series, The Wee Free Men, is now available in paperback.
	www.amazon.ca /Full-Sky-Wee-Free-Book/dp/0385607369 (1067 words)

	Amazon.de: Wee Free Men: English Books: Terry Pratchett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A real great book, even for a writer as Terry Pratchett is. The wee, free men are a pretty amazing folk which remembers to the scottish.
		And Tiffany Aching sharp and a witch to the boots at the age of 9.
		Obwohl als "Jugendbuch" deklariert, ist Wee Free Men auch für Erwachsene sehr empfehlenswert.
	www.amazon.de /Wee-Free-Men-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0552549053 (1312 words)

	ParentCenter \| Entertainment Guide - Book: The Wee Free Men
		The Wee Free Men are the Nac Mac Feegle, tiny, redheaded, blue men in kilts, who speak in a thick Scottish brogue Pratchett invented for them, specialize in "stealin' and drinkin' and fightin'", and are perfectly described by one Amazon customer as "foul-mouthed Scottish smurfs."
		Tiffany sets out to rescue her baby brother, who has been kidnapped by the Queen of Fairyland, armed only with an iron frying pan and a book of sheep diseases, and accompanied by the brawling, boisterous Nac Mac Feegle.
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	www.babycenter.com /reviews/okid/gentertainment/view/5-2074 (914 words)

	The Annotated Pratchett File v9.0 - The Wee Free Men
		In particular, there's Tam Lin again, and the battle between the Queen of Elfland and Fair Janet although in that case it was Tam himself Janet had to keep hold of.
		There was some confusion on afp as to the place where The Wee Free Men fits in the Discworld chronology.
		"The Wee Free Men was doodled around the time of Carpe Jugulum, but with a young male hero and set in Lancre.
	www.ie.lspace.org /books/apf/the-wee-free-men.html (2326 words)

	Movie Thunder :: News :: The Wee Free Men
		Director Sam Raimi is going to helm The Wee Free Men, an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's bestselling young-adult novel, which centers around a nine-year-old farm girl who heads off to a parallel world to retrieve a brother who has been grabbed by a nasty fairy queen.
		She battles the monsters of Fairyland with the help of six-inch-tall, blue-faced rowdies who wear kilts, speak in thick Scottish brogues, steal sheep and drink heavily.
		And I hear Milkdud is auditioning for the role of one of the rowdies...
	www.moviethunder.com /n470.html (95 words)

	VPR presents Camel's Hump Radio - The Wee Free Men
		But something is up, and before it's over, Tiffany's going to have to depend on some very unusual help: the Nac Mac Feegle—a.k.a the Wee Free Men—a clan of fierce, funny, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.
		The Wee Free Men uses elements from well-known fairy tales—sort of.
		Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.
	www.vpr.net /camelshump/library/season_6_pages/wee_free_men.html (1312 words)

	Teenreads.com -- THE WEE FREE MEN by Terry Pratchett
		She suddenly spies a tiny, six-inch-high blue man in a kilt with an untidy shock of red hair and a beard floating by in a bucket.
		They see her as their next kelda, or queen, and they are determined to lay down their lives to keep her safe.
		Terry Pratchett has devised a tale for the younger set in THE WEE FREE MEN that befits his reputation for fantastical humor.
	www.teenreads.com /reviews/0060012366.asp (512 words)

	Sam Raimi to Direct The Wee Free Men - ComingSoon.net
		The trade says the studio is aiming to develop an event-sized live-action family film that Raimi could possibly direct as the follow-up to Spider-Man 3.
		Published in 2003, "Wee Free Men" centers on a 9-year-old farm girl who heads off to a parallel world to retrieve a brother who has been grabbed by a nasty fairy queen.
		She battles the monsters of Fairyland with the help of 6-inch-tall blue-faced rowdies who wear kilts, speak in thick Scottish brogues, steal sheep and drink heavily.
	comingsoon.net /news/movienews.php?id=12636 (266 words)

	Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
		But at the beginning of the book, Tiffany's still not sure if being herself is a good way to be, she misses her grandmother, and her sticky, candy-gobbling baby brother has been kidnapped by the Queen of Faerie.
		But she's got allies: the Nac Mac Feegle, aka the Wee Free Men.
		The Wee Free Men is one of Pratchett's best yet.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_pratchett_weefreemen.html (580 words)

	The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett - HarperAcademic
		Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be, is all that stands between the monsters of Fairyland and the warm, green Chalk country that is her home.
		Forced into Fairyland to seek her kidnaped brother, Tiffany allies herself with the Chalk's local Nac Mac Feegle -- aka the Wee Free Men -- a clan of sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men who are as fierce as they are funny.
		Together they battle through an eerie and ever-shifting landscape, fighting brutal flying fairies, dream-spinning dromes, and grimhounds -- fl dogs with eyes of fire and teeth of razors -- before ultimately confronting the Queen of the Elves, absolute ruler of a world in which reality intertwines with nightmare.
	www.harperacademic.com /catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060012366 (365 words)

	Central Book Nook: The Wee Free Men
		The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett:: A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality.
		Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland.
		Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle—aka the Wee Free Men—a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.
	central.hcrhs.k12.nj.us /booknook/wee_free_men (157 words)

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