Trina Schart Hyman

Thirteen-year-old Rachel is not looking forward to spending her afternoons with her great-grandmother, Nana Sashie. She expects boring visits filled with silence. But everything changes when Sashie begins to share incredible memories from her childhood in distant Russia. Rachel is instantly swept into a world she never knew existed. Through Sashie's vivid stories, the past comes roaring to life. It was a dangerous time when Jewish families faced terrible persecution, forced to serve in the Czar's army or flee from violent pogroms. Amidst this terrifying reality, a brave nine-year-old Sashie devised a brilliant and daring plan to save her family from certain doom. As the afternoon hours slip away, Rachel discovers the incredible strength of her ancestors. This beautifully told story weaves together the present and the past, showing how the courage of one young girl can echo through generations.

Set "in the days when monsters and giants and fairy folk lived in England, " this retelling of a classic and well-loved tale recounts the battle between Saint George and the Dragon - a creature so huge and fearsome that his tail "swept the land behind him for almost half a mile, " and whose "deep jaws gaped wide, showing three rows of iron teeth ready to devour his prey."

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Retells the segment from Spenser's "The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.

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Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.