Egg & Spoon

Elena Rudina lives in the Russian countryside with a future as bleak as the wastelands surrounding her village. That is until the night of a freak storm when a majestic train is forced to stop at the villages station. The train carries a fabulous Fabergé egg and Ekaterina, a girl whose fate is now entwined with Elena's. When their lives collide, a complex, funny and engrossing adventure begins.

About the author

Gregory Maguire, 1954 in Albany, New York geboren, studierte Anglistik und Amerikanistik und leitete von 1979 bis 1985 das Simmons College for the Study of Children's Literature, an dem er auch als Professor Englische Literatur unterrichtete. Gregory Maguire hat rund 25 Bücher für Kinder- und Jugendliche veröffentlicht. Er hat drei Kinder adoptiert und lebt heute in der Nähe von Boston, Massachusetts.

Summary

Gregory Maguire, master storyteller and bestselling author of Wicked, spins a magical and mesmerizing adventure set in Tsarist Russia.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Maguire, Maguire Gregory
• Publisher: Walker Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2015
• EAN: 9781406361087
• ISBN: 978-1-4063-6108-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Thrillers & Suspense, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Thrillers (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fantasy