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Brimming with fairy-tale magic, friendship and extraordinary adventure, The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away is an epic, spellbinding tale set in the bestselling, award-winning world of The House with Chicken Legs.
All Marinka's life, she has lived in her house with chicken legs. Running across the world on magical adventures, Marinka knows how her house is feeling, and it listens to her, too. But something is wrong. And before anyone can stop it, the house has pulled itself apart and run away.
With her friend Benjamin and jackdaw Jack, Marinka races after the house to find answers. Travelling across far-distant lands, through new realms and magical places, Marinka must face up to her fears to save her friends. But her house might not want to stop running...
"Imaginative, warm and touching." The Guardian
"A writer with true talent, courage and her own distinctive vision." David Almond, award-winning author of Skellig
Contents
Chapters in this book include:
- Prologue
- The Bones Cause Trouble
- Toads and Bees
- The Land of Castles and Giants
- A Party for the Dead
- The Gate Explodes
- The House Runs Away
- Running Through the Night
- The Giant Stone Maker
- The Mortar and Pestle
- The cabin in the Clearing
- Marzanna's Garden
- Marzanna
- The Water of Life
- The Attic
- The Gate Carver's Island
- The Fireplace
- The Gate to the Past
- A Twist from Each Realm
- The Gate to the Stars
- Moving On
- Running Again
- Running Out of Time
- The Enchanted Tree
- Endings
- Beginnings
