Finding Baba Yaga

Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse by Jane Yolen was the Alternate Pick to the official Sword and Laser Book Club selection Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Reading Period: December 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020

How/Why was this book chosen: This alternate pick was chosen by Brea Grant for people who didn't want to read a post-apocalyptic novel at this time.

Sword and Laser Goodreads Group Discussion of Finding Baba Yaga

Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse by Jane Yolen
A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate—a theme that has never been more timely than it is now…

You think you know this story. You do not.

A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself...