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Egg & spoon : a novel /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 475 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780763672201
  • 0763672203
  • 0763680168
  • 9780763680169
Other title:
  • Egg and spoon
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.M2762 Eg 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Part One : Untimely thunder. The world in curtains ; The world in a graveyard ; The doctor's curse ; Farther afield ; Tea brewed from salt tears ; Double lighting ; Thunder on the rails ; The accidental guest ; Mamenka's gift ; The apple ; The porridge ; Pay attention day ; The ghostly daughters of Miersk ; The egg -- Part Two : Iron horse, chicken house. Two girls misplaced ; Trapped ; Surprise day ; The hand at the window ; The morning is wiser then the night ; You're not yourself today ; Two cats ; Discovery ; The hut in the woods ; Onward to Saint Petersburg ; And onward to Saint Petersburg ; The reluctant student ; The progress of Dumb Doma ; Two moons in the long wet night ; Miss Yaga ; A grey rainbow -- Part Three : Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg. Sharing ; Vitebsky Station ; Curses and penalties ; A fresh enchantment ; The hunger of children ; The news of the evening ; Landfall ; Traffic ; The floating pavilions of the Tsar ; The treasury of marvels ; Admission denied ; The Tsar of all the Russias ; Meanwhile on the other side ; A divertimento ; The presentation of the gift ; Vanished ; The marvels deliver their opinion ; Under arrest -- Part Four : Fire and ice, ice and fire. A wasp in the jam ; Brother Uri ; An audience with the Tsar ; The second night of the festival ; The house of solitary confinement ; North ; Together ; The league of freed prisoners ; The snow tornado ; Moths ; Perplexity ; Myandash ; The sneezing cave ; �Zmey-A�zdaja ; The starry crown ; Still later -- Part Five : Home again, Home again. The teeth of the beast ; The dragon-tooth boy ; The part-time hero ; A house has its secrets ; Armies meet by moonlight ; The immortal hen of the tundra ; The Norway geese ; On the bridge near Archangel ; The kitten's advice ; The word of the Tsar ; All aboard who are going aboard ; The graveyard in springtime ; The doctor's advice ; After.
Awards:
  • Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction Honor, 2015.
Summary: In 1905 czarist Russia, an impoverished country girl Elena and the aristocratic Ekaterina meet and set in motion an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and the witch Baba Yaga.
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Part One : Untimely thunder. The world in curtains ; The world in a graveyard ; The doctor's curse ; Farther afield ; Tea brewed from salt tears ; Double lighting ; Thunder on the rails ; The accidental guest ; Mamenka's gift ; The apple ; The porridge ; Pay attention day ; The ghostly daughters of Miersk ; The egg -- Part Two : Iron horse, chicken house. Two girls misplaced ; Trapped ; Surprise day ; The hand at the window ; The morning is wiser then the night ; You're not yourself today ; Two cats ; Discovery ; The hut in the woods ; Onward to Saint Petersburg ; And onward to Saint Petersburg ; The reluctant student ; The progress of Dumb Doma ; Two moons in the long wet night ; Miss Yaga ; A grey rainbow -- Part Three : Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg. Sharing ; Vitebsky Station ; Curses and penalties ; A fresh enchantment ; The hunger of children ; The news of the evening ; Landfall ; Traffic ; The floating pavilions of the Tsar ; The treasury of marvels ; Admission denied ; The Tsar of all the Russias ; Meanwhile on the other side ; A divertimento ; The presentation of the gift ; Vanished ; The marvels deliver their opinion ; Under arrest -- Part Four : Fire and ice, ice and fire. A wasp in the jam ; Brother Uri ; An audience with the Tsar ; The second night of the festival ; The house of solitary confinement ; North ; Together ; The league of freed prisoners ; The snow tornado ; Moths ; Perplexity ; Myandash ; The sneezing cave ; �Zmey-A�zdaja ; The starry crown ; Still later -- Part Five : Home again, Home again. The teeth of the beast ; The dragon-tooth boy ; The part-time hero ; A house has its secrets ; Armies meet by moonlight ; The immortal hen of the tundra ; The Norway geese ; On the bridge near Archangel ; The kitten's advice ; The word of the Tsar ; All aboard who are going aboard ; The graveyard in springtime ; The doctor's advice ; After.

In 1905 czarist Russia, an impoverished country girl Elena and the aristocratic Ekaterina meet and set in motion an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and the witch Baba Yaga.

Grades 6-10.

Accelerated Reader 5.6.

Reading Counts 6-8 4.3 25.

Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction Honor, 2015.

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