Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780763672201 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0763672203 |
| Author: | Gregory Maguire |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 761g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 164mm x 227mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
A classic Christmas sofa tale to be devoured in a reindeer onesie with a selection box, yet the suffering of central Russia towards the end of the tsars’ regime gives it a dark underbelly and high stakes … Layers of story emerge like a row of matryoshka dolls while humour, wordplay and narrative voice glitter as brightly as the egg, which is by Faberge. Observer A hilarious, witty novel Children’s Books Ireland Recommended Read
Gregory Maguire
Gregory Maguire is the author of the incredibly popular books in the Wicked Years series, including Wicked, the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which spawned the musical. He is also the author of several books for children, including What-the-Dickens, which was a New York Times bestseller. Gregory Maguire lives outside Boston, Massachusetts.
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