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Synopsis
IT'S THE GEHOGSWATCH. AND ITS TOO QUIET. Where is the big jolly fat man? Why is Death creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho? The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker... Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't be a morning. Ever again... The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too). As they say: You'd better watch out... 'Has the energy of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland...It has also an intelligent wit and a truly original grim and comic grasp of the nature of things' A.S. Byatt, Sunday Times
Is Hogfather appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This comic fantasy features Death as a protagonist taking over for a missing holiday figure, with dark humor and mild peril but no graphic content. The philosophical themes about belief and mortality are sophisticated but handled with Pratchett's characteristic wit.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death.
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Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the clever satirical take on holiday mythology mixed with adventure and Death's attempts to impersonate a jolly gift-giver.