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Anya and the Dragon
Anya and the Dragon | Sofiya Pasternack
16 posts | 8 read | 2 reading | 23 to read
This lush tale of magic and dragons is a gem for any adventure-seeking middle grader and perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the End of Time.
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shortsarahrose
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Currently at the Iowa Library Association conference for a couple days. Won these Playaway audiobooks and iris bulbs in the silent auction!

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Schnoebs
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On booktube, it‘s currently the DoTheThingAThon which is a week long readathon to catch on all your goals and what not. So far I‘ve been able to finally finish Anya and the Dragon which is on the list of books my boyfriend picked for me to read this year. I‘m really hoping to catch up on some of my #LitsyLove and then maybe work on some series this week. Also hoping to finish reading The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin!

Schnoebs As for Anya and the Dragon, I ended up giving it 3.75⭐️. It was a lot of fun but took a really long time for me to get into. If you want, feel free to check out my Goodreads review on it: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3555404357 3y
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SofiPasternack
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It took me a really long time to get my ish together and order the STBA stickers. Because uhhh 2020 AMIRITE? But here they are! Looking so very shiny! Should I put one on my laptop, orrrrrr...

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Bookish_Gal
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This was a cute, and quick, read from the ancient area of Kievan Rus‘ (now Belarus/Ukraine/Russia) It was an enjoyable middle grade read of magic and the possible last dragon in the world. I love the dragons personality so much. The same with all the other pop up characters. There were some points that I thought would become important, but they were just a nice distraction. I know there is a sequel, though this book ended very sweetly on its own

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Bookish_Gal
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Whoever destroys a single life has destroyed the entire world

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Bookish_Gal
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I‘ve been waiting to read this story since the first day I heard of it. Vacation time!! I‘ve never had a book that had my own name in it, let alone (almost) the culture of my Вавса! I‘m Ukrainian, not russian. Either way, so excited to get reading. So Anya has no magic (yet), to which the Tsar made illegal, though it seems this little village uses it behind their governments back. now we have a couple of strangers looking for a mysterious dragon

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AutumnRLS
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Also reading this out loud a chapter at a time to my seven-year-old. So far so good. Although, admittedly, I'm terrible at pronouncing Russian names. Totally counting this one toward my book count because it's almost 400 pages.

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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards
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I really enjoyed Katherine Arden's Winternight trilogy, so I was excited to see this children's novel also delving into Russian mythological figures. Anya feels left out in the village because not only is she Jewish, but she also doesn't have any magic. But when the village magistrate threatens to evict her family for failure to pay taxes, she volunteers to help the fool Yedsha and his son Ivan capture a dragon for a substantial sum.

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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards
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"ANYA WAS NOT a good goatherd."

Still waiting to see if she is a good dragon wrangler!

#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl

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LibrarianRyan
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Danielle, I used your gift wisely. I got three books. Can‘t wait to read them!!

Thank you so so so so so. Much.

Ryan

Geenie 😍😍👍 4y
Ddzmini Awe your so welcome and I‘m so happy that you bought what you wanted 🥳💁🏼‍♀️ 4y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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oh I loved this. I was curious how we were going to tackle being Jewish and in Russia and to my pleasant surprise...we didn't shy away from the history of anti-Semitism. I loved the community and the characters and the overall message while playing with dragons.

AutumnRLS Love this cover. YA or adult fantasy? 4y
TheChipMan Looks very interesting 4y
AutumnRLS @SassenachTheBookWizard cool! I'm always looking for good middle grade to read my son! 4y
AutumnRLS Just ordered it! 4y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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Drrrrrrrrrrrrragons!

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Malachi.Maret
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Gah, I can‘t help myself! I see a colourful cover and a flashy title and I have to read it. This book is a lot deeper than it seems at a first glance though, it touches on major problems, including racism. The main heroine of the story has so much depth and inner problems along the plot. The book subtly asks major philosophical questions along the story like priority‘s about humans and animals, and friends and families. An AMAZING book!

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SofiPasternack
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Picnics are always better when you take along a book about goats (and also dragons)!

TEArificbooks Great pic 5y
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LibrarianRyan
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I first saw this cover on Twitter, and now I must read this book. I love the cover!!!

#CoverLove #KidsEdition
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Sweetkokoro This cover is so pretty, and the synopsis sounds really interesting. My local library doesn‘t have it on order so I requested they get it, hopefully they do! 5y
LibrarianRyan @Sweetkokoro I bet they do. It's still a little ways before pub date. 5y
Gissy Yes it is beautiful! 5y
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SofiPasternack
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My book is a real thing!! It‘s wild to hold it in my hands and be able to flip through. It will be in stores on September 24th aaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

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11-year-old Jewish farmer Anya teams up with the village idiot to save the last dragon in Kievan Rus‘ from a cruel Viking and the tsar of Kiev.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Congratulations!!! 🎈🍾🎊🎉 love the cover!!! 5y
SofiPasternack Thank you!!! The cover is my FAVORITE!! The artist is Jeff Langevin and he was amazing!! 5y
Bookish_Gal Oh My Gosh. Two things I never thought I‘d see together - my name and my favorite creature and storyline ❤️ 4y
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