A Hat Full of Sky

A Discworld story

349 pages

English language

Published April 27, 2004 by Doubleday Children's Books.

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978-0-385-60736-0
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A Hat Full of Sky is a comic fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld and written with younger readers in mind. It is labelled a "Story of Discworld" to indicate its status as children's or young adult fiction, unlike most of the books in the Discworld series. First published in 2004, it is set two years after The Wee Free Men, and features an 11-year-old Tiffany Aching. The book is also a sequel to the Discworld short story "The Sea and Little Fishes", which introduced the Witch Trials and Mrs Earwig. It is followed by Wintersmith.

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It seems I simply can't pick up a Discworld book without finishing it within three days or less.

The Tiffany books were my introduction to Discworld, and they, and the witches in general, are really still my favorites. I don't think I've ever experienced that elusive sense of being represented in fiction as strongly as when I read about Tiffany Aching mispronouncing words because she'd only ever saw them written down. More than that, I admire her (and Mistress Weatherwax). She's responsible and practical and decisive, all virtues that, in my opinion, don't get enough attention in fiction. Probably because authors don't naturally tend to be the practical sort.

I'm continually amazed by how well Pratchett writes women, even the clique-y, bizarre internal politics of tween girl friendships ring true. (If you weren't a Petulia or Anagramma, you've met them.)
Warm, insightful, incredibly funny... It's a Pratchett-book, what more do …

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je crois que je suis de plus en plus fan des aventures de Tiphaine Patraque. Le premier tome, qui nous la montrait déterminée à ramener son petit frère du pays des fées, était déja pas mal. Mais là, la voir partir dans les montagnes pour y faire son apprentissage de sorcière, c'est prodigieux.
Prodigieux parce qu'encore une fois, [a:Pratchett|1654|Terry Pratchett|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1235562205p2/1654.jpg] sait dynamiter avec talent tous les poncifs du genre pour en extraire la substantifique moëlle.
Ainsi, lors de sa première rencontre avec l'étrange (sous la forme d'une sorcière à deux corps vivant avec un esprit rangeur), Tiphaine n'est pas simplement ébahie (comme un [b:Harry Potter|3|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)|J.K. Rowling|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1343118752s/3.jpg|4640799] le serait, par exemple). Non, elle pose des questions. Et des questions intelligentes qui plus est ! Enfin, pas juste intelligentes, mais réellement profondes - du moins c'est l'impression que ça m'a donné.
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