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The House with Chicken Legs

Sophie Anderson, Elisa Paganelli, Melissa Castrillon (Illustrator)

The House with Chicken Legs

Subjects

  • Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
  • Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery

Average rating

5 out 5

218 reviews

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

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I love this book Sophie Anderson is a good writer if there are anymore books written by Sophie Anderson I would love to know. I would recommend this book to everybody

Senorita Sapphire Archer 30.01.2025

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Great book with action packed scenes and fun characters!

Marshal Iguana Nuggets 29.01.2025

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Such a brilliant and different book this one is - reminded me of the film Coco in some ways from a few years ago.

Master Aardvark Submarine 15.09.2024

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I liked the house and the Yaga.

Master Sketch Lavalamp 24.08.2024

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I loved this book. It had such a different theme than other books I have read before. I really liked Benjamin as he was kind and friendly. He is also really good at drawing. My favourite part is The Yaga celebration of bonding. This book was sad at times, but full of joy along the way as well anger and frustration which Marinka showed throughout the book. This is a must read

General Cilla Biscuits 05.08.2024

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It was very good and it pulls you in to the other books that they write

Lady Agnetha Spaghetti-Hoops 29.07.2024

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I really loved this book as it was so meaningful and truly just AMAZING. I would recommend this book for older or just really advanced readers. This book is for advanced 9 to 13

Earl Snoopy Casserole 22.07.2024

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I didn’t finish the book because I didn’t like the part at the end when the girl leaves the house there to dye but I really enjoyed the rest of it.

Senorita Boadicea O’Doughnut 15.07.2024

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I loved it!

General Phoenix Toothpaste 10.07.2024

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It’s really sad because Baba doesn’t come back.

Countess Fenella Piccalilli 26.06.2024

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Book had interesting title and story was odd but very sweet tail and magic and family focused

Professor Marge Sudoku 19.02.2024

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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

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A thought provoking book. Sad in parts and very mythical.

Fairy Heroica Chocolate-mousse 06.09.2023

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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

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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

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An exciting book with plenty of plot twists, would recommend for 10+ because it is also very sad.

Marshal Daffodil Peninsula 19.08.2023

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I loved the description! So much beautiful vocabulary!

Anonymous 04.08.2023

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Very sad. I really enjoyed reading it.

Madam Petronella Mystery 04.08.2023

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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

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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