Age
12-17
Grade
7-9
Gregory Maguire
Egg and Spoon
Paperback
(Candlewick Aug. 4, 2015)
, Reprint edition
“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.
- ISBN
- 0763680168 / 9780763680169
- Pages
- 496
- Weight
- 12.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 1.3
in.