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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
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What Reviewers Are Saying
Feb 12th 2019, 10:30
A joy of a fairytale
Awesome - 10 out of 10
angep1969
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178 book reviews
12th February 2019
The House with Chicken Legs
9781474940665
Book rating: 5
Sophie Andersonhttps://toppsta.com/authors/profile/sophie-anderson
I read it to LucasChops aged 7
Just an absolute joy of a book. Based on old Russian folklore we follow the tale of Marinka who lives with her "Grandmother" Baba in a very special house. This is a house with chicken legs and a special gateway that allows the dead to pass over to the stars. Baba is one of many Yagas around the world who act as a guide to the dead and Marinka is destined to take over the house and the role at some point. Trouble is that she yearns to be with the living and to have a "normal" life. Only she died as a baby but the gateway spat her back out and she's lived with Baba ever since. When Marinka meets Benjamin she gets a glimpse of the life she yearns for but when Baba passes through the gate it seems that her destiny is sealed. Can she and the House With Chicken Legs come to some kind of compromise? This is a fairytale like no other - a place where death is a celebration but dreams can come true (if you just modify them a little and let your friends help). Just beautiful!
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, Anderson's book is rich with the tastes, smells and sensations of life, from the flavour of borscht to the sounds of violins * Times Literary Supplement *