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Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

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

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 144
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-1-250-16387-5
  • EAN
  • 9781250163875
  • Release date
  • 2018
  • Age restriction
  • 12+