From the winner of the 2004 caldecott medal comes a memorable new work, a novel of singular insight and imagination that transports readers to The Old Country, where "All the fairy tales come from, where there was magic ...From the winner of the 2004 caldecott medal comes a memorable new work, a novel of singular insight and imagination that transports readers to The Old Country, where "All the fairy tales come from, where there was magic -- and there was war." There, Gisella stares a moment too long into the eyes of a fox, and she and the fox exchange shapes. Gisella's quest to get her girl-body back takes her on a journey across a war-ravaged country that has lost shape.