A review by lnatal
Ekaterina and the Firebird by Abra Staffin-Wiebe

3.0

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Opening lines:
Ekaterina couldn’t bear to go to sleep and miss the last moments of what had been a wondrous fourteenth birthday. She sat on the window seat in her bedroom and hugged her knees as the last minutes of the day melted away like spring snow. In the corner of the room, her maid Agafya snored softly.