Sophie Anderson

eBook, ePUB

The House with Chicken Legs (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

A breathtaking reimagining of the Russian fairy tale of Baba Yaga, 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 Awards Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlisted for Children's Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award Marinka 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 Express

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 6.11MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Sophie Anderson grew up in Swansea, studied at Liverpool University, and has worked as a geologist and science teacher. She wrote textbooks until characters from Slavic folklore began appearing in her work. Sophie has an international family and loves to write stories inspired by different folklores and cultures. Now living in the Lake District with her husband, Sophie enjoys the freedom of home schooling her three children, fell walking, canoeing, and daydreaming.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Usborne Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: ab 9 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474948340
• Artikelnr.: 52508934

Rezensionen

This vividly imagined blend of fairy tale and coming-of-age novel reflects perceptively on death and loss The Sunday Times