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Tor Teen
September 2016
On Sale: September 20, 2016
304 pages
ISBN: 0765380544
EAN: 9780765380548
Kindle: B01CCWDVPO
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Young Adult Fantasy
Vassa in the Night is a powerful and haunting modern retelling of the Russian folktale โVassilissa the Beautifulโ for teen fans of urban fantasy, fairy tales, magic, and horror who enjoy books by Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, Catherynne Valente, and V. E. Schwab. In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves theyโve arrived. A whole lot of Brooklyn is like that nowโbut not Vassaโs working-class neighborhood. In Vassaโs neighborhood, where she lives with her stepmother and bickering stepsisters, one might stumble onto magic, but stumbling out again could become an issue. Babs Yagg, the owner of the local convenience store, has a policy of beheading shopliftersโand sometimes innocent shoppers as well. So when Vassaโs stepsister sends her out for light bulbs in the middle of night, she knows it could easily become a suicide mission. But Vassa has a bit of luck hidden in her pocket, a gift from her dead mother. Erg is a tough-talking wooden doll with sticky fingers, a bottomless stomach, and a ferocious cunning. With Ergโs help, Vassa just might be able to break the witchโs curse and free her Brooklyn neighborhood. But Babs wonโt be playing fair....
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