I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett 355 pages

I was deep into this book when I heard that the author, Sir Terry Pratchett, is this year's winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He is honored by the Young Adult division of the American Library Association for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. This is just the most recent in a long stream of major awards including England's Carnegie Medal, LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, etc. He is most well-known for the Discworld Series, 40 books about a planet created by Pratchett. This book is about one of his reoccurring characters, Tiffany Aching. Tiffany is a young witch who is trying to live on her own. Her brand of witchcraft which is taking care of the poor and downtrodden keeps her very busy and unappreciated. Her good actions are easily misunderstood when she helps the Baron in his hour of need achieve a "good death". A mysterious evil force begins stalking her. The stakes are high, the action robust and the characters are lively. Recommended