Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

By Jane Yolen

Book Overview

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
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250163870
• ISBN13: 9781250163875
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Tordotcom
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary