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The Wolf and the Girl Kindle Edition

by Aster Glenn Gray (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars (40)
A Little Red Riding Hood retelling set in pre-Revolutionary Russia.

When a wounded wolf collapses on Masha's doorstep, Masha nearly kills it before her grandmother convinces her that this wolf is a transformed human. Once transformed back, the wolf turned out to be Masha's old friend Raisa, who has fallen afoul of a sorceress determined to use her magic to bring revolution to Russia.

After a brutal confrontation with the sorceress, Masha and Raisa flee to France. They develop an act that catches the eye of a film director, who casts them in a silent film adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood… which alerts the sorceress to their whereabouts in France. Now the sorceress and her pack are coming for Raisa and Masha again. How can Raisa and Masha defeat their dark magic?
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  1. Print length
    122 pages
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    English
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  4. Publication date
    December 25, 2019
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0834L4XG3
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 25, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.4 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 122 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,996,425 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars (40)

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Aster Glenn Gray

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Aster Glenn Gray writes historical romances and fairy tale retellings. (And maybe other things too. She is still a work in progress.) When she is not writing, she spends much of her time haunting libraries and contemplating whether it is time for another hot chocolate.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
40 global ratings
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  • ancientreader
    5.0 out of 5 stars It really is magic
    Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2020
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Aster Glenn Gray has a gift for reimagining folk/fairy tales (see: Briarley) in a way that's both beautiful and un-prettified, so I snapped this up as soon as it came out, and that was a Good Move. It's short, but it doesn't *feel* short, because it's emotionally complicated and because the writing is so delicious. And Gray is just such a good, good storyteller.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Retelling!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2020
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    I really enjoyed this retelling of Red Riding Hood! Gray's writing is wonderful and I love her twists on the story!
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  • Far-ranging Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars imaginative retelling with several twists up its sleeve
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2020
    Format: Kindle
    A wonderful thing that Aster Glen Gray does in <i>The Wolf and the Girl</i>—which she also did in <i>Briarley</i>—is transpose a fairy tale to a very particular time and place and make you really feel that time and place. For <i>Briarley</i> it was World War II England; for The Wolf and the Girl it’s pre-Revolutionary Russia—and then early-twentieth-century France.

    The first part is like a Russian lacquer box—dark, jewel-like, beautiful. As a small child, Masha would be with her Babushka when older village girls came to hear Babushka’s stories and fairy tales. The older girls all went on to better things, and none more so than Raisa, who got a scholarship to university in St. Petersburg. But then Raisa fell in with anarchists and was exiled to Siberia, where she fell afoul of an anarchist enchantress. Wounded and bespelled, she finds her way to Masha and Babushka, and the elements of Little Red Riding Hood—transmuted to fit pre-Revolutionary Russian times—play out.

    But the story doesn’t end there! There’s a whole next part—for all of us who’ve ever said, “But what comes after the ‘happily ever after’?” (Only in this case, it’s not quite a happily-ever-after—there are situations and exigencies.) And *this* part involves fleeing to France, encountering a friendly theater group, and eventually getting involved in film. There’s still an angry enchantress on the loose, too, so . . . well, it’s an exciting and satisfying ride. I recommend it highly!
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  • Jessica Ansley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Winter Read!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2021
    Format: Kindle
    Aster Glenn Gray does it again! The Wolf and the Girl is a delightful read of magic and compassion. My favorite quote is, "I have always wanted people to be quite and listen to me, and story-telling is the easiest way to do it. I suppose that's the great appeal of art for many of us, in the end, that at last the world will be quite and listen to us, for as long as we can keep it entertained." I'd be quite for a great many more of Gray's books!
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  • R Piper
    5.0 out of 5 stars charming and imaginitive
    Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2020
    Format: Kindle
    "The power of friendship" is at the heart of this lovely story, which I read not so much as a retelling as a reinterpretation. The heroines' relationships, to each other, to family, to art and new friends, are the strength of both the plot and the beauty of the book.
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  • El H
    4.0 out of 5 stars A fun take on the Red Riding Hood tale
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2020
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    I'm a complete sucker for a Red Riding Hood retelling and a friend of mine loves Aster Glenn Gray's work, so when I saw The Wolf and the Girl, I had to pick it up. It was a quick read at 84 pages and perfectly formed. It's set in pre-revolutionary Tsarist Russia and 1911 France, and especially at the beginning of the novella the setting was a lush and beautiful snowy forest that just completely drew me in. The writing was very atmospheric, and drew in elements of Baba Yaga along with the Red Riding Hood legends.

    I would have loved to see this extended to be longer, just because there's so much interesting stuff to see. Raisa's trip to St. Petersburg and how that ended up with her joining the Anarchists and getting turned into a wolf, and I would love to see Raisa and Masha after the fight was over, learning each other as girl and girl instead of girl and wolf.
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  • M. Y. JULIAN-JONES
    4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Folktale-esque Red Riding Hood retelling
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2020
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    This is a lovely, sweet f/f retelling set in early 20thC Russia and France, where the heroine gets to be plain and stocky and practical, star in a silent film, and live her best life. I loved the folktale style of the first part, and the change of style in the second reflected the change of setting and lifestyle.

    It has magic, Russian Orthodoxy and folktales galore, a great creepy necromancy moment, an elegant witch who enjoys monologues, and wolves.

    It is also a really quick read (under an hour for me the first time) and perfect for the commute! We read this for book group and I liked it a lot. Just the relaxing, sweet read I needed for my train into work!
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