The Bear and the Nightingale
(Book)
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017., Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
519 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Central Kansas Library System - CKLS Rotating Books | RB Fantasy ARD | On Shelf |
Frank Carlson Library - LARGE PRINT | LP Arden, Katherine | On Shelf |
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017., Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5, 14 Points
Level 5, 14 Points
Notes
Description
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year, and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind - she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil.
After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.
And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.
As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed - this in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Arden, K. (2017). The Bear and the Nightingale (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Arden, Katherine. 2017. The Bear and the Nightingale. Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Arden, Katherine. The Bear and the Nightingale Thorndike Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Arden, Katherine. The Bear and the Nightingale Large print edition., Thorndike Press, 2017.
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