The firebird
by Sophie Masson
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Ivan, youngest son of the powerful, greedy Tsar Demyan, is resigned to a life of misery and humiliation at the hands of his brothers, brutal Yuri and sly Igor. And to add to his torment, Yuri has been promised in marriage to the girl Ivan has loved all his life--the bold and beautiful Princess Tamara, daughter of a neighboring king. Then one day, Ivan sees the legendary Firebird in his father's garden. The tsar, obsessed with the beautiful creature, orders his sons out in a quest to capture show more it and bring it back to the palace. Determined to find the bird before his brothers do, Ivan embarks on a thrilling journey of reckless endeavor and strange magic. show lessTags
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I should never have picked up this book in the first place because I am not a fan of this author. However, I was quite enjoying the story until the animals started to speak. I just HATE this, so when Ivan began conversing with a panther then a wolf, that was it for me!!!!!
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- Fiction and Literature, Teen, Fantasy, Young Adult, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
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- PR9619.3 .M2884 .F57 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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