The House with Chicken Legs

(Paperback)

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My househas chicken legs. Two or three times a year, without warning, it stands up inthe middle of the night and walks away from where we've been living.
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 AwardMarinka 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

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This vividly imagined blend of fairy tale and coming-of-age novel reflects perceptively on death and loss * The Sunday Times *
This original debut takes a poignant, philosophical look at predestination and free choice, and features delectable food descriptions, cheeky jackdaws and a frolicking lamb. * The Guardian *
A magical tale a captivating and original retelling of a traditional story straight out of folklore. Beautiful escapism. * Sunday Express S Magazine *
Enticing, a little bit dangerous, and thrumming with possibilities. * Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars *
While it plays, elegantly and surprisingly warmly, with the idea of death, Andersons book is rich with the tastes, smells and sensations of life, from the flavour of borscht to the sounds of violins * Times Literary Supplement *

Author Bio

Sophie Anderson grew up in Swansea, studied at Liverpool University, and has worked as a geologist and science teacher. She wrote textbooks until characters from Slavic folklore began appearing in her work. Sophie has an international family and loves to write stories inspired by different folklores and cultures. Now living in the Lake District with her husband, Sophie enjoys the freedom of home schooling her three children, fell walking, canoeing, and daydreaming.