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The house with chicken legs / Sophie Anderson.

Anderson, Sophie. (Author).

Summary:

All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sure, the house can play games like tag and hide-and-seek, but Marinka longs for a human companion. Someone she can talk to and share secrets with. But that's tough when your grandmother is a Yaga, a guardian who guides the dead into the afterlife. It's even harder when you live in a house that wanders all over the world . . . carrying you with it. Even worse, Marinka is being trained to be a Yaga. That means no school, no parties -- and no playmates that stick around for more than a day. When Marinka stumbles across the chance to make a real friend, she breaks all the rules . . . with devastating consequences. Her beloved grandmother mysteriously disappears, and it's up to Marinka to find her -- even if it means making a dangerous journey to the afterlife.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1338209965
  • ISBN: 9781338209969
  • Physical Description: 262 pages
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 22.99
Subject: Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Fantasy fiction.

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Cookstown Branch J FIC Ander 31681020090817 JFIC Checked out 02/06/2026

Sophie Anderson lives in England’s Lake District with her husband, four children, and a Border collie. She enjoys wandering, daydreaming, and storytelling. Her bestselling novels have won the Independent Bookshop Book of the Year Award, and been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal twice. Visit her online at sophieandersonauthor.com.


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