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The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away

By: Sophie Anderson

Series : Books by Sophie Anderson

Age 9+

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Brimming with fairy-tale magic, friendship and extraordinary adventure, The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away is an epic, spellbinding tale set in the bestselling, award-winning world of The House with Chicken Legs.

All Marinka's life, she has lived in her house with chicken legs. Running across the world on magical adventures, Marinka knows how her house is feeling, and it listens to her, too. But something is wrong. And before anyone can stop it, the house has pulled itself apart and run away.

With her friend Benjamin and jackdaw Jack, Marinka races after the house to find answers. Travelling across far-distant lands, through new realms and magical places, Marinka must face up to her fears to save her friends. But her house might not want to stop running...

"Imaginative, warm and touching." The Guardian

"A writer with true talent, courage and her own distinctive vision." David Almond, award-winning author of Skellig

Details

Extent:: 320 pages
Dimensions:: 198 x 130mm
Paperback ISBN:: 9781803704364
Publication Date:: April 2026
Work Reference:: 7931

Contents

Chapters in this book include:
- Prologue
- The Bones Cause Trouble
- Toads and Bees
- The Land of Castles and Giants
- A Party for the Dead
- The Gate Explodes
- The House Runs Away
- Running Through the Night
- The Giant Stone Maker
- The Mortar and Pestle
- The cabin in the Clearing
- Marzanna's Garden
- Marzanna
- The Water of Life
- The Attic
- The Gate Carver's Island
- The Fireplace
- The Gate to the Past
- A Twist from Each Realm
- The Gate to the Stars
- Moving On
- Running Again
- Running Out of Time
- The Enchanted Tree
- Endings
- Beginnings

Author

Sophie Anderson was born in Swansea, and now lives in the Lake District with her family. Her writing is most often inspired by folk and fairy stories, especially the Slavic tales her Prussian grandmother told her when she was young.

Across her bestselling novels, Sophie has won the Independent Bookshop Book of the Year Award and the Wales Book of the Year Award, and been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal twice, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards' Children's Fiction Book of the Year, the Andersen Prize, and the Branford Boase Award.

Sophie's books have been translated into over twenty-five languages, and The House with Chicken Legs has been adapted for stage by Les Enfants Terribles.

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Series

Step into the fairytale world of Carnegie-shortlisted author Sophie Anderson. Includes award-winning book, The House with Chicken Legs.

View series: Books by Sophie Anderson

Press

Marinka and her living friends, Benjamin and Jack the jackdaw, are pulled along on an engrossing adventure that does not shy away from big themes: courage in the face of slim odds, the existence of multiverses and how to trust one's inner voice.

The Observer

Sophie Anderson is the real thing - a writer with true talent, courage and her own distinctive vision. The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away is a strange, beautiful and exciting book.

David Almond OBE FRSL, multi-award-winning author of Skellig

Anderson's sublime sequel weaves together adventure, magic and fantasy in a story that will confidently stand side by side with her debut. This book will entrance fans old and new - simply gorgeous.

The Bookseller

Brilliant, heartfelt and hopeful storytelling - a gorgeous book.

Thomas Taylor, multi-award-winning author of Malamander

A tender take on change and growth, grief and acceptance. A sparkling, folkloric quest that beautifully captures the visceral importance of home - however that's defined.

Sharada Keats, Carnegie nominated author of These Stolen Lives