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The bear and the nightingale : a novel

Arden, Katherine (author.).

Summary: "In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, a stranger with piercing blue eyes presents a new father with a gift - a precious jewel on a delicate chain, intended for his young daughter. Uncertain of its meaning, Pytor hides the gift away and Vasya grows up a wild, willful girl, to the chagrin of her family. But when mysterious forces threaten the happiness of their village, Vasya discovers that, armed only with the necklace, she may be the only one who can keep the darkness at bay"--

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  • ISBN: 9781101885932
  • Physical Description: 322 pages ; 25 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Publisher: New York : Del Rey, 2017.
Subject: Young women -- Fiction
Villages -- Fiction
Good and evil -- Fiction
Spirits -- Fiction
Magic -- Fiction
Russia -- Fiction
Genre: Fantasy fiction.

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  • 17 of 19 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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Prince Rupert Library Arde (Text) 33294001997055 Adult Fiction - Second Floor Volume hold Available -

Summary: "In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, a stranger with piercing blue eyes presents a new father with a gift - a precious jewel on a delicate chain, intended for his young daughter. Uncertain of its meaning, Pytor hides the gift away and Vasya grows up a wild, willful girl, to the chagrin of her family. But when mysterious forces threaten the happiness of their village, Vasya discovers that, armed only with the necklace, she may be the only one who can keep the darkness at bay"--

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