Name: Egg and Spoon
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Author: Maguire, Gregory
ISBN: 9780763680169

Type

Physical Book

Author

Gregory Maguire

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

496

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780763680169

Synopsis "Egg and Spoon "

“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.

Gregory Maguire

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(New York, 1954) graduated in English and American Literature. Author of novels for adults and a dozen children's books, success came with Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Many of this author's novels are revisions of classic children's stories.

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