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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherCandlewick Press
ISBN-100763680168
ISBN-139780763680169
eBay Product ID (ePID)208760000
Product Key Features
Book TitleEgg and Spoon
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicLegends, Myths, Fables / General, Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic, Social Themes / Class Differences, General, People & Places / Europe
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorGregory Maguire
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight17.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2014-931834
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromSeventh Grade
Dewey DecimalF
Synopsis"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." -- School Library Journal (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.