The Bear and the Nightingale

Author: Katherine Arden

Publisher: London : Del Rey, 2017.

Set in medieval Russia, Vasya is a young heroine who has inherited the ability to see spirits. Her stepmother also has this ability but is adamant that they are evil and forbids Vasya from contacting them. Instead of feeling fear, she feels compassion for the spirits and as danger creeps in to her life she must defy the people she loves and call on her gifts to protect her family.  

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