Name: Egg & Spoon
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Author: Maguire, Gregory
ISBN: 9780763672201

Type

Physical Book

Author

Gregory Maguire

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

496

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780763672201

Edition No.

Synopsis "Egg & Spoon "

Master storyteller Gregory Maguire surpasses himself in a dazzling tour de force as he spins a mesmerizing, magical tale for readers of all ages.Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father is dead and her mother dying. One of her brothers has been conscripted into the Tsar’s army and the other taken to serve in the house of a wealthy landowner. Elena's future is as bleak as the wastelands surrounding her village of Miersk. That is until the night of a freak storm when a majestic steam train is forced to stop at the village’s abandoned station. The train carries a fabulous Fabergé egg and Ekaterina, a girl whose fate is now entwined with Elena's. When their lives collide, a complex, funny and engrossing adventure begins. An adventure that embraces mistaken identity, the mythical Firebird, a prince travelling incognito, the awesome city of Saint Petersburg, the glacial lands of the north, and – in a starring role – Baba Yaga, the enigmatic witch of Russian folklore and her shapeshifting house, Dumb Doma, 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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