Baba Yaga's Assistant

by Marika McCoola

Book Overview

Russian folklore icon Baba Yaga mentors a lonely teen in a wry graphic novel that balances gleefully between the modern and the timeless. Most children think twice before braving a haunted wood filled with terrifying beasties to match wits with a witch, but not Masha. Her beloved grandma taught her many things: that stories are useful, that magic is fickle, that nothing is too difficult or too dirty to clean. The fearsome witch of folklore needs an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076366961X
• ISBN13: 9780763669614
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8