Chris' Fish Place

Okay this book is like 6 shades of awesome. It’s just freaking wonderful. See Mirka wants to slay dragons, but her stepmother (who is not evil) just wants her to learn how to knit. Mirka is also an Orthodox Jew so there is a certain issue about her future.

                Then one day she sees a witch. Then the following day, she runs into a monster.

                Okay, it’s really a pig, but she hasn’t seen one before.

                This is absolutely funny, touching, wonderful, feminist, and perfect! Have a daughter? Get her this? Honestly, it’s great because the sisters act like sisters who love each other but who also can’t stand each other at times, the step-mother’s power is wonderful, the whole battle for the sword at the end is the best battle I have seen in a long time (and the troll, OMG the troll is so . . . trollish).

                Go, go, go buy!