Wintersmith (Discworld)

Wintersmith (Discworld)

<p> At 9, Tiffany Aching defeated the cruel Queen of Fairyland. </p> <p> At 11, she battled an ancient body-stealing evil. </p> <p> At 13, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy. And boys can be a bit of a problem when you're thirteen. . . . </p> <p> But the Wintersmith isn't <i>exactly</i> a boy. He is Winter itself—snow, gales, icicles—<i>all of it</i>. When he has a crush on Tiffany, he may make her roses out of ice, but his nature is blizzards and avalanches. And he wants Tiffany to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever. </p> <p> Tiffany will need all her cunning to make it to Spring. She'll also need her friends, from junior witches to the legendary Granny Weatherwax. They— </p> <p> <i>Crivens!</i> Tiffany will need the Wee Free Men too! She'll have the help of the bravest, toughest, smelliest pictsies ever to be banished from Fairyland—whether she wants it or not. </p> <p> It's going to be a cold, cold season, because if Tiffany doesn't survive until Spring— </p> <p> —Spring won't come. </p>