Maguire Egg And Spoon

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Gregory Maguire’s, Egg and Spoon, is a mystical story set in Russia where Elena, the youngest of three, calls a poor village home. Luka gets whisked away to serve in the Tsar’s army and Alexei assists a local merchant who left the meager village leaving Elena abandoned with their sick mother. Cat, on the other hand, travels with her great-aunt to St. Petersburg, where she is to meet the Tsar and his godson, Anton. In Elena’s village, Cat’s train stalls and there the girls marvel over an astounding fabergé egg depicting the ice-dragon, Baba Yaga, and the Firebird. However, when the train starts it launches Cat and the precious egg into Elena’s village while Elena finds herself stuck on the train. There Elena resolves to go to the Tsar and ask

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