Vassa in the Night

Retellings

Author: Sarah Porter

In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves they’ve arrived. A whole lot of Brooklyn is like that now—but not Vassa’s working-class neighborhood.,,In Vassa’s neighborhood, where she lives with her stepmother and bickering stepsisters, one might stumble onto magic….Read More

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