The House with Chicken Legs
Sophie Anderson, Elisa Paganelli, Melissa Castrillon (Illustrator)
Subjects
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
- Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery
Average rating
Marinka dreams of a normal life, 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...
Reviews
Book had interesting title and story was odd but very sweet tail and magic and family focused
Professor Marge Sudoku 19.02.2024
Very scary but exciting. It was about this girl that want a to be normal but her grandma wants her to guide the dead. then her grandma disappears and the girl has to take care of the running house and the dead. My favourite person is the girl because she has a strong heart and is independent. I would recommend this beautiful book with all my heart .
Judge Phoenix Arlington 16.01.2024
A thought provoking book. Sad in parts and very mythical.
Fairy Heroica Chocolate-mousse 06.09.2023
I liked this book because the house walked on chicken legs which is totally crazy and awesome. The house also kicked the main character, Marnkna, into the sea!!
Explorer Dragon Wellington 31.08.2023
I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone else looking for a exciting, easy to read, adventurous story. I thought this book was quite sad at times because Marinka was only able to have the same friends for a short period of time before the house moved on.
Senorita Kiki Elephant 21.08.2023
An exciting book with plenty of plot twists, would recommend for 10+ because it is also very sad.
Marshal Daffodil Peninsula 19.08.2023
I loved the description! So much beautiful vocabulary!
Anonymous 04.08.2023
Very sad. I really enjoyed reading it.
Madam Petronella Mystery 04.08.2023
I loved it so much. The author really gripped me with the story line and I thought it was an interesting book the whole time. I loved when she made a friend and took care of his adorable lamb. I also thought it was emotional when her nan disappeared while helping her ghost friend go through the portal.
Marshal Bunny Aardvark 03.08.2023
It was a very exciting book with a lot of twists and turns. The main character always had about a billion emotions at once! My favorite character is the raven Jack. He was always over reacted when he got upset and is always sticking dead things in peoples ears. I think people who liked the story Baba Yaga would like this one very much. It was a very interesting and enjoyable and I hope people will like it too.
Queen Cynthia Scratchings 23.07.2023
it was an amazing book and i really enjoyed it i liked that it was adventurous and mystery-like it was about family and death and mystery so if you like those sorts of books then this would be a great read for you i recommend it for kids around 10 and older i feel like i could read this book untill it breaks
Baroness Beany Flattery 22.07.2023
This book was recommended to me from a friend and I absolutely love it!
Countess Fandango Supermarket 08.07.2023
I thought that book was very good because I like the way they describe the land of the dead and how they get a little girl to be the main character. I enjoy the style of the writing
Director Diamond Menace 22.06.2023
Brilliant book. 10+
Countess Tulip Mouse 14.01.2023
Such an amazing book! I loved Marinka and House. Couldn't get enough of it!
Empress Magnolia Cuckoo-Clock 11.11.2022
This book was very interesting lot of twists.it is about a girl who is forced to live with her mum guiding the dead into the underworld .All she really wants is to be a normal child,have friends with normal people and live a normal life so when her guardian passes through the gate she refused to good the dead resulting into the house crumbeling.it really gets you thinking about what really happened when you die.
Doctor Lacey Waterfall 31.10.2022
It got me into reading fantasy books
Principal Kangaroo Starlight 27.09.2022
Person I liked best is Benjamin and I would recommend it
Officer Jewel Frankfurter 06.09.2022
This book has twists and turns in every corner. It is sad in some parts but intriguing in others. My favourite characters are the house because it shows it’s personality and feelings in interesting ways and Jack because even though he shows it in unusual ways, he really cares about Marinka.
Anonymous 26.08.2022
very interesting book and it was fun to read
Queen Agnetha Snivel 22.08.2022