Vasilisa (Old Rus) - Hardcover

Mathison, Julie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1735003743 ISBN 13: 9781735003740

Publisher: Starr Creek Press, 2021

Synopsis

"I loved every second of this book. I'd compare it to The Girl who Drank the Moon in its world-building and writing style, with the deep magic of The Bear and the Nightingale."—CeliaMcMahonReads, top bookstagrammer

Vasilisa has listened to tales of Old Rus all her life, a fantastical forest realm ruled over by the witch Baba Yaga, home to the mischievous Leshy, the deadly rusalka, and Old Koschei, butcher of hearts. But never would she have dreamed it to be real -- nor imagined that she would go searching for it, accompanied only by Ivan, a mysterious orphan searching for revenge,

When her grandmother falls ill and the visions begin, Vasilisa embarks on a journey to the thrice-tenth kingdom, where the secret to Babka's cure and Ivan's revenge lie hidden in the mists. The old witch will help them, if she doesn't eat them first. But as Vasilisa and Ivan face each trail together, they soon find that the greatest test of all may be the growing love between them.

2022 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist
2021 BookLife Prize Semifinalist
2022 Wishing Shelf Award Finalist for Best Books for Teenagers

"A universe where the real and fantastical merge effortlessly."--The BookLife Prize

About this title

About the Author

Julie Mathison is the award-winning author of books for children of all ages. She lives on a farm in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two children, four goats, six sheep, one dog and more chickens than you can shake a stick at(literally - she has tried). She enjoys ambitious and tedious undertakings like running marathons, making jam,homeschooling her children, making jam, writing novels, and making jam.Visit her at juliemathison.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Starr Creek Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1735003743
• ISBN 13: 9781735003740
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320