Baba Yaga says,"What will you turn up with, bones or butter?"After escaping from her small town problems, our heroine meets the Devil in Moscow. Myth and cold hard truth guide her out of the belly of the wolf. Teenage chaos and cultural awakenings are woven with Little Red Riding Hood, Vasalisa the Brave, and many more. This coming of age adventure reads like a Russian nesting doll, opening story upon story:from an isolated Midwestern town into the heart of the Russian transition from Communism to Democracy. "Ni Boyitsya devuskha, eto tolka dusha. (Don't be afraid girl, it's just the soul.)"