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The house with chicken legs

ID 326687
Slug house-with-chicken-legs
Contributors
Author : Sophie Anderson
Annotation
Description <p><span>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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />With a mix of whimsy, humor, and adventure, this debut novel will wrap itself around your heart and never let go.</span></p>
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Subjects
280 Fictie kinder- en jeugdboeken algemeen NUR
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Publisher Usborne UK
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 352
Duration
Publication date first 2018-04-05
Publication date latest 2018-04-05
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  • ISBN: 9781474940665 (BC)

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