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Tor Teen
September 2016
On Sale: September 20, 2016
304 pages ISBN: 0765380544 EAN: 9780765380548 Kindle: B01CCWDVPO Hardcover / e-Book
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Young Adult Fantasy
Vassa in the Night is a powerful and haunting modern
retelling of the Russian folktale “Vassilissa the Beautiful”
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 they’ve arrived. A
whole lot of Brooklyn is like that now—but not Vassa’s
working-class neighborhood. In Vassa’s 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 shoplifters—and sometimes innocent shoppers as
well. So when Vassa’s 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 Erg’s help, Vassa just might be able to break
the witch’s curse and free her Brooklyn neighborhood. But
Babs won’t be playing fair....
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