Finding Baba Yaga : a short novel in verse
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Published
New York : Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2018.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
143 pages ; 21 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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South Valleys Library - Young Adult Fiction | YA FICTION YOLEN 2018 | Checked Out | June 15, 2024 |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Baba Yaga -- (Legendary character)
Baba Yaga -- (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.
Family problems -- Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Fate and fatalism -- Juvenile fiction.
Forests and forestry -- Juvenile fiction.
Runaway teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Runaways -- Juvenile fiction.
Science fiction.
Witches -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult literature.
Baba Yaga -- (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.
Family problems -- Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Fate and fatalism -- Juvenile fiction.
Forests and forestry -- Juvenile fiction.
Runaway teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Runaways -- Juvenile fiction.
Science fiction.
Witches -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult literature.
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Published
New York : Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes reading group guide and activities (pages 133-141).
General Note
The 9781250163868 ISBN is the ebook ISBN per the publisher's Web site. The title page verso incorrectly lists it as the paperback ISBN.
Description
In this contemporary poetic retelling of the iconic myth, a teenage girl fleeing an abusive home takes refuge in the woods with a fairy-tale witch.
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A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: a house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself. -- adapted from back cover
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''Finding Baba Yaga is a mythic yet timely novel-in-verse by the beloved and prolific New York Times bestselling author and poet Jane Yolen, "the Hans Christian Andersen of America" (Newsweek). A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate - a theme that has never been more timely than it is now. You think you know this story. You do not. A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself.... "Jane Yolen is a phenomenon: a poet and a mythmaker, who understands how old stories can tell us new things. We are lucky to have her." - Neil Gaiman''--,provided by amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Yolen, J. (2018). Finding Baba Yaga: a short novel in verse (First Edition.). Tom Doherty Associates Book.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yolen, Jane. 2018. Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse. Tom Doherty Associates Book.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yolen, Jane. Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Yolen, Jane. Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse First Edition., Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2018.
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