The Dream Stealer Author:Gregory Maguire Out of the northern forests, once every generation or so, a wolf walks. His eyes are poison, flames from hell, poison stars. His teeth can bite through steel. He is so evil that ordinary wolf packs scatter like chipmunks when he passes. — And now the wolf is coming to stalk the forgettable little village of Miersk. Baba Yaga the witch says h... more »e wants their dreams and that the fate of the village depends on Pasha and Lisette. But how can two ordinary, disobedient children stop the evil beast? Even the powerful Baba Yaga cannot answer that.
And so it is that the simple people of Miersk, in fear of the poison-eyed wolf and of omens they can't understand embark on an uncertain and most unusual journey.
Drawing from the Russian folk stories about Vasilissa the Beautiful, Baba Yaga, and the Firebird, Gregory Maguire has fashioned a brilliant original tale. From the first page to the last, it is interwoven masterfully with wit and imagination.« less