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Jun 24 2010

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

Synopsis: “Another world is colliding with this one,” said the toad. “All the monsters are coming back.””Why?” said Tiffany. “There’s no one to stop them. There was silence for a moment. Then Tiffany said, “There’s me.” Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be, is all that stands [...]

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May 10 2010

The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent

Published by Katie under Historical Fiction

Waterstones Synopsis: Martha Carrier was hanged on August 19th 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, unyielding in her refusal to admit to being a witch, going to her death rather than joining the ranks of men and women who confessed and were thereby spared execution. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and wilful, openly challenging [...]

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Sep 18 2009

Maskerade by Terry Pratchett

Synopsis from Amazon: THE SHOW MUST GO ON, AS MURDER, MUSIC AND MAYHEM RUN RIOT IN THE NIGHT… The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork…a huge, rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely-familiar evil mastermind in a hideously-deformed evening dress… At least, he hopes so. But Granny Weatherwax, Discworld’s most famous [...]

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Apr 30 2009

Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett

Synopsis from Amazon: It seemed an easy job…After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn’t marry a prince? But for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, travelling to the distant city of Genua, things are never that simple… Servant girls have to marry the prince. [...]

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Feb 13 2009

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

Synopsis: Witches are not by nature gregarious, and they certainly don’t have leaders. Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn’t have. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more difficult than certain playwrights would have you believe… Wyrd Sisters is the sixth novel in the Discworld [...]

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