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The House with Chicken Legs
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A breathtaking reimagining of the Russian fairy tale of Baba Yaga, The House with Chicken Legs is the award-winning, spellbinding story of one girl's adventure to find her destiny.
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal
Shortlisted for Children's Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award
Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning.
For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmother's footsteps, but her house has other ideas...
"Enticing, a little bit dangerous, and thrumming with possibilities." Kiran Millwood Hargrave
"A magical tale... a captivating and original retelling of a traditional story straight out of folklore. Beautiful escapism." Sunday Express
- Extent:
- 352 pages
- Dimensions:
- 194.8 x 129.4mm
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9781474940665
- Accelerated Reader Book Level:
- 5.0
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level:
- Middle years (MY)
- Book Band:
- Grey
- Key Stage:
- KS2, KS3
- Publication Date:
- May 2018
- Work Reference:
- 04699
Award-winning, spellbinding fairy-tales from one of the best children's story-tellers.
View series: Books by Sophie Anderson
Winner
Junior Design Awards 2018
Winner
The Reading Agency's Summer Reading Challenge 2017
Winner
Doncaster Book Award 2018
Shortlisted
The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019
Shortlisted
Blue Peter Book Awards 2018
Shortlisted
Northern Ireland Book Award 2019
Shortlisted
Leeds Book Award 2019
Shortlisted
The Branford Boase Award 2019
Shortlisted
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019
Shortlisted
Stockport Children's Book Award 2018
Shortlisted
Essex SLS Book Awards 2019
Shortlisted
Sheffield Children's Book Award 2019
Shortlisted
The British Book Awards 2019
Shortlisted
BASH 2020
Shortlisted
Awesome Book Awards 2020
Shortlisted
Salford Children's Book Award 2020
Longlisted
Big Book Awards 2019
Longlisted
The UKLA Book Awards 2019
Nominated
Edinburgh International Book Festival's Awards 2018
Nominated
Channel Island Children's Book Award 2018
This vividly imagined blend of fairy tale and coming-of-age novel reflects perceptively on death and loss
This original debut takes a poignant, philosophical look at predestination and free choice, and features delectable food descriptions, cheeky jackdaws and a frolicking lamb.
A magical tale. a captivating and original retelling of a traditional story straight out of folklore. Beautiful escapism.
Enticing, a little bit dangerous, and thrumming with possibilities.
While it plays, elegantly and surprisingly warmly, with the idea of death, Anderson's book is rich with the tastes, smells and sensations of life, from the flavour of borscht to the sounds of violins
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