{"id":2216,"date":"2014-01-18T20:22:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T20:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2015-03-30T23:49:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T23:49:37","slug":"the-wee-free-men-by-terry-pratchett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=2216","title":{"rendered":"The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2246\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Wee-Free-Men.jpg\" alt=\"The Wee Free Men\" width=\"142\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Wee-Free-Men.jpg 264w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Wee-Free-Men-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other than the fact that I had to listen to some of the dialogue bits twice to understand what the Wee Free Men were saying in the audiobook (because they speak with a very thick Scottish brogue), I loved this book!\u00a0 Tiffany Aching is a young witch who has to rescue her young brother, Wentworth, from the clutches of the evil Queen of Fairyland.\u00a0 Though Tiffany doesn\u2019t actually know any magic, her teacher\/mentor, a witch named Miss Tick, reassures her that having a keen eye and an attention to detail is often more practical than magic.\u00a0 After witnessing her attack on a monster, using only a frying pan, the Wee Free Men [aka the Nac Mac Feegle] decide they would like to help Tiffany on her quest.\u00a0 And, while it sounds awesome for Tiffany to have a band of men to help her out, you have to consider that these particular \u201cmen\u201d are six inches tall and best known for their sheep-stealing, drinking, and fighting.\u00a0 If you enjoy fantasies and\/or stories that make you laugh out loud, you should definitely check this one out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other than the fact that I had to listen to some of the dialogue bits twice to understand what the Wee Free Men were saying in the audiobook (because they speak with a very thick Scottish brogue), I loved this book!\u00a0 Tiffany Aching is a young witch who has to rescue her young brother, Wentworth, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=2216\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-young-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-chrissie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}