Tanya Grotter
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Tanya Grotter (Таня Гроттер) is the female protagonist of a Russian series of books by Dmitri Yemets (Дмитрий Емец). Yemets describes the books as "a cultural reply" to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
Courts in the Netherlands prevented the distribution of a Dutch translation of Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass in 2003 after Rowling and her publishers sued arguing that the Grotter books violate copyright law.
The books tell about Tanya's studies at the only school of magic and reform, Tibidox (Тибидохс). She's an orphan, has a mole on her face and has strange, supernatural powers.
- Таня Гроттер и магический контрабас (Tanya Grotter and the Magical Double Bass)
- Таня Гроттер и Исчезающий Этаж (Tanya Grotter and the Disappearing Floor)
- Таня Гроттер и Золотая Пиявка (Tanya Grotter and the Golden Leech)
- Таня Гроттер и трон Древнира (Tanya Grotter and the Throne of Drevnir)
- Таня Гроттер и посох волхвов (Tanya Grotter and the Pikestaff of the Magi)
- Таня Гроттер и молот Перуна (Tanya Grotter and the Hammer of Peroun)
- Таня Гроттер и пенсне Ноя (Tanya Grotter and the Portrait of Noah)
- Таня Гроттер и ботинки кентавра (Tanya Grotter and the Boots of the Centaur)
- Таня Гроттер и колодец Посейдона (Tanya Grotter and the Well of Poseidon)
The tenth book, "Tanya Grotter and the Curl of Aphrodite", is due to come out in late May of this year.
There is a sequel/companion series to the Tanya Grotter books that tell the tale of Mefodiy Buslaev, another mage who attends Tibidox.
External links
- Official website (http://www.grotter.ru/)