Wintersmith (2006)
Wintersmith is a 2006 young adult fiction book written by Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby.
Tiffany Aching is thirteen, a witch in training on the chalk hills, and she should know better than to step into the Dark Morris. She dances anyway, and the elemental spirit of Winter mistakes her for the Summer Lady. Now the Wintersmith courts her with snowflakes shaped like her face and icebergs carved in her likeness, while the balance of the seasons begins to slip. With the tiny, brawling Nac Mac Feegle at her side, Tiffany must set the world right. Pratchett's third Tiffany Aching novel blends folklore, growing pains, and real peril.
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What is Wintersmith about?
Tiffany Aching is thirteen, a witch in training on the chalk hills, and she should know better than to step into the Dark Morris. She dances anyway, and the elemental spirit of Winter mistakes her for the Summer Lady. Now the Wintersmith courts her with snowflakes shaped like her face and icebergs carved in her likeness, while the balance of the seasons begins to slip. With the tiny, brawling Nac Mac Feegle at her side, Tiffany must set the world right. Pratchett's third Tiffany Aching novel blends folklore, growing pains, and real peril.
When was Wintersmith published?
Wintersmith was published in 2006.
Who made Wintersmith?
Wintersmith was written by Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby.
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A few thoughts on Wintersmith
Frozen fans will recognize the elemental winter romance and the cold gripping a whole land. Over the Garden Wall shares the folkloric hush and coming-of-age unease, while Howl's Moving Castle offers another young woman tangling with weather, magic, and a strange suitor. Each pairs well with Tiffany's mix of chores, courage, and season-turning stakes.
A season or elemental force that falls for a human and won't let go
Wintersmith has an elemental force fall for Tiffany Aching, so Winter itself starts sculpting icebergs and snowflakes into her face. Frozen and Howl's Moving Castle both give icy, elemental magic real personality and real stakes, while Over the Garden Wall wanders through the same eerie, seasonal folklore mood. Escaping Peril follows an ice dragon prince literally named Winter through a different but recognizably cold, elemental story.