Egg and Spoon by Gregory MaguireCall Number: J Maguire
ISBN: 9780763672201
Publication Date: 2014-09-09
Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. One of her brothers has been conscripted into the Tsar's army, the other taken as a servant in the house of the local landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in Saint Petersburg. An adventure is set in motion that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and -- Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folklore, in her ambulatory house perched on chicken legs.