Egg and Spoon

Egg and Spoon

In this tour de force, master storyteller Gregory Maguire offers a dazzling novel for fantasy lovers of all ages.

Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. One of her brothers has been conscripted into the Tsarâ€™s army, the other taken as a servant in the house of the local landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in Saint Petersburg â€” a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elenaâ€™s age. When the two girlsâ€™ 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 â€” in a starring role only Gregory Maguire could have conjured â€” Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folklore, in her ambulatory house perched on chicken legs.
Country USA
Brand Candlewick Press
Manufacturer Candlewick
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 22132780
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-09-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780763672201

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