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Gerstein, Mordicai

The Old Country

133 pp. | Roaring Brook | May, 2005 | Trade ISBN 1-59643-047-8 $14.95
(2) 4-6 In a time and place evoking Mitteleuropa, peasant girl Gisella gazes so deeply into a fox's eyes that the two switch bodies. Gisella, now a fox, struggles to survive on land devasted by "Norland" and "Surland" armies. The story is grim, yet it beguiles the reader with imaginative plotting and descriptions. Wise questions are raised but--wisely--remain open in this thought-provoking fantasy.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2005

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