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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. So 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.
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The House With Chicken Legs, Sophie Anderson
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- Released
- 2020
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sophie Anderson
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1338209973
- ISBN13
- 9781338209976
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Fantasy, Adventure, Friendship, Fairy Tales & Stories, Magic, Death, Gifts for older schoolchildren, Children's Fantasy, Middle Grade, Desire, Courage, Loneliness, Kindness, The Dead
- First published
- 2018
- Original title
- The House with Chicken Legs
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- 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. So 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.