Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

<p><b><i>Finding Baba Yaga</i> is a mythic yet timely novel-in-verse by the beloved and prolific <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author and poet Jane Yolen, “the Hans Christian Andersen of America” (<i>Newsweek</i>).</b></p><p>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…</p><p><i>You think you know this story.</i><br><i>You do not.</i></p><p>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, <i>herself....</i></p><p>"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</p>