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| Author | Maguire |
| Book Type |
2: chapter book |
| Category Description | young adult fiction / social themes / class differences |
| Cover Type | BC |
| Dimensions | 8.5 in h | 5.9 in w | 1.3 in t | 1.1 lb wt |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Description | "A beautiful reminder that fairy tales are at their best when they illuminate the precarious balance between lighthearted childhood and the darkness and danger of adulthood."- "�A School Library JournalA (starred review) Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside, and there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying a cornucopia of food, untold wealth, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in Saint Petersburg"�a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena s age. When the two girls lives collide, an adventure is set in motion, an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and"�in a starring role only Gregory Maguire could have conjured"�Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folklore, in her ambulatory house perched on chicken legs. |