A Hat Full of Sky

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Once we were blobs in the sea, and then fishes, and then lizards and rats and then monkeys, and hundreds of things in between. This hand was once a fin, this hand once had claws! In my human mouth I have the pointy teeth of a wolf and the chisel teeth of a rabbit and the grinding teeth of a cow! Our blood is as salty as the sea we used to live in! When we're frightened, the hair on our skin stands up, just like it did when we had fur. We are history! Everything we've ever been on the way to becoming us, we still are. [...]

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The 32nd Discworld book, the third written for young adults, and second in the Tiffany Aching series. Nightmare Fuel: The hiver is a frightening creature. It has no body and barely any mind, but it lives forever, and it takes over the bodies of other creatures to shield itself from the torment of such an existence. Those it possesses become increasingly deranged and megalomaniacal until they are either killed by their fellows, or self-destruct, thinking in their hubris that they can’t die. Evil Costume Switch: When Tiffany is possessed by the Hiver, she's inspired to raid the local witch shop, buy a cape, a tall hat, and several pieces of occult jewelry.Miss Level, Cottage in the Woods Near the Dead Oak Tree in Lost Man’s Lane, High Overhang, If Out Leave Letters in Old Boot by Door” After settling into the cottage, Tiffany goes to a group of apprentice witches her age with Petulia. The leader of the group is called Annagramma and many characters find her condescending and rude. A Hat Full of Sky is a novel written by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld, written with younger readers in mind. First published in 2004, it is set two years after The Wee Free Men, and features an 11-year old Tiffany Aching.

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If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else’s story. – from The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Quiet Cry for Help: When Tiffany is possessed by the Hiver, she occasionally lets out quiet pleas for help in the middle of sentences. Dedicated to the memory of Sir Terry Pratchett, who passed away soon after I started reading the book. Sex: When Tiffany visits Mrs. Earwig’s (pronounced Ah-wij) house she notices the décor, which includes paintings of young covens dancing beneath the full moon, accompanied by men/gods/male spirits with horns—and neither the young women nor the young men are wearing a stitch. The paintings are described broadly, with no details. They make Tiffany uncomfortable, but as kids under peer pressure often do, she swallows her initial feeling and convinces herself that “that’s real witchcraft.” Language: The Nac Mac Feegle catchphrase is still “Crivens!”, which my friend The Batman tells me is a distant descendant of the oath “Christ’s veins.” How the phrase got into this universe, which has no clear time/space relationship to our world and presumably stands outside what the Church calls salvation history, is a mystery. Then again, one of the Feegles was singing “You Are My Sunshine” at one point…I’m probably overthinking this.Briggs, Stephen (2004). "A Hat Full of Sky". Portland, Maine: Audiofile. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022 . Retrieved 14 March 2012. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help) 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, the book is set two years after The Wee Free Men, and features an 11-year-old Tiffany Aching. Mr. Weavall discovers that Tiffany stole his money, but the Feegles put gold in place of the copper he had saved up. Tiffany decides that the Hiver must be dealt with so she proceeds to pursue it in the mountains.