Wintersmith
by Terry Pratchett
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- Paperback
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
PRATCHETT, Terry. Wintersmith. [NY]: HarperCollins [2006]. 8vo, [viii] 323pp. Color pictorial wrappers. Slight rubbing to front corners, else a fine copy. Inscribed by the author, Terry Pratchett.
Advance Reader's Edition, issued prior to the first edition for limited distribution to reviewers and buyers. The third book in the Tiffany Aching series. When the Spirit of Winter takes a fancy to Tiffany Aching, he wants her to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever. It will take all the young witch's skill and cunning, as well as help from the legendary Granny Weatherwax and the irrepressible Wee Free Men, to survive until Spring. Because if Tiffany doesn't make it to Spring, Spring won't come for anyone.
Synopsis
At 9, Tiffany Aching defeated the cruel Queen of Fairyland.At 11, she battled an ancient body-stealing evil.At 13, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy. And boys can be a bit of a problem when you're thirteen. . . .But the Wintersmith isn't exactly a boy. He is Winter itself—snow, gales, icicles—all of it. 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.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—Crivens! 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.It's going to be a cold, cold season, because if Tiffany doesn't survive until Spring——Spring won't come.
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- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049712
- Title
- Wintersmith
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Format/Binding
- Color pictorial paper wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance Reader's Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2006
- Pages
- [viii] 323pp.
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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