House with Chicken Legs

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

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 AwardsShortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book PrizeShortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie MedalShortlisted for Children's Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book AwardsShortlisted 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 ExpressDon't miss the epic sequel, The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away, OUT NOW.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-03
Mått:130 x 196 x 23 mm
Vikt:292 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Usborne Publishing Ltd
Illustratör:Elisa Paganelli
Medarbetare:Melissa Castrillon
ISBN:9781474940665
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019

Utforska kategorier

Fantasy inom Barn och ungdom
Kärlek och relationer inom Barn och ungdom

Mer om författaren

Sophie Anderson (Author) Sophie Anderson was born in Swansea, and now lives in the Lake District with her family. Her writing is most often inspired by folk and fairy stories, especially the Slavic tales her Prussian grandmother told her when she was young.Across her bestselling novels, Sophie has won the Independent Bookshop Book of the Year Award and the Wales Book of the Year Award, and been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal twice, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards' Children's Fiction Book of the Year, the Andersen Prize, and the Branford Boase Award.Sophie's books have been translated into over twenty-five languages, and The House with Chicken Legs has been adapted for stage by Les Enfants Terribles.

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