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The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away

By: Sophie Anderson

Series : Books by Sophie Anderson

Age 9+

RRP £8.99

Coming April 2026

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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 to 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...

Praise for Sophie Anderson

"One of my all-time favourite storytellers." Kiran Millwood Hargrave

"Captivating and original." Sunday Express

"Vividly imagined." The Sunday Times

"Sublime storytelling." Hilary McKay

"Anderson's talent as a weaver of magic and creator of evocative landscape is growing with every book." The Daily Mail

Details

Extent:: 304 pages
Dimensions:: 198 x 130mm
Paperback ISBN:: 9781803704364
Publication Date:: April 2026
Work Reference:: 7931

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

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

Brilliant, heartfelt and hopeful storytelling - a gorgeous book.

Thomas Taylor, multi-award-winning author of Malamander

To be back in Marinka's magical world was pure joy. The sequel is exquisitely crafted, full of jeopardy and flies with possibility.

Jasbinder Bilan, multi-award-winning author of Naeli and the Secret Song

A novel for hearts young and old, and a true modern classic. Sophie Anderson is one of our finest storytellers, and The House With Chicken Legs Runs Away will wrap you in a warm hug glittering with stardust, and take you on an extraordinary adventure, before settling in your heart forever.

Nadine Aisha Jassat, Carnegie nominated author of The House At The Edge of The World

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

Extras

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