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008			120511s2012 nyu 000 f eng
010			_a2011024937
020			_a9780316175678
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050	0	0	_aPS3609.V54 _bS66 2012
082	0	0	_aFIC IVE
100	1		_aIvey, Eowyn
245	1	4	_aThe snow child _b: a novel _c/ Eowyn Ivey
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Little, Brown and Co. _c, 2012.
300			_a389 p. _c; 22 cm.
500			_a"A Reagan Arthur book."
520			_aHere's a modern retelling of the Russian fairy tale about a girl, made from snow by a childless couple, who comes to life. Or perhaps not modern-the setting is 1920s Alaska-but that only proves the timelessness of the tale and of this lovely book. Unable to start a family, middle-aged Jack and Mabel have come to the wilderness to start over, leaving behind an easier life back east. Anxious that they won't outlast one wretched winter, they distract themselves by building a snow girl and wrap her in a scarf. The snow girl and the scarf are gone the next morning, but Jack spies a real child in the woods. Soon Jack and Mabel have developed a tentative relationship with the free-spirited Faina, as she finally admits to being called. Is she indeed a "snow fairy," a "wilderness pixie" magicked out of the cold? Or a wild child who knows better than anyone how to survive in the rugged north? Even as Faina embodies a natural order that cannot be tamed, the neighborly George and Esther show Jack and Mabel (and the rest of us) how important community is for survival.
650		0	_aFrontier and pioneer life _z--Alaska _v--Fiction
650		0	_aFairy tales
651		4	_aAlaska _v--Fiction
655			_aMagic _v--Fiction
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