The House with Chicken Legs

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-seekbut Marinka longs for a human companion. Someone she can talk to and share secrets with. But that’s tough when your grandmother is a Yagaa 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 worseMarinka is being trained to be a Yaga. That means no schoolno parties–and no playmates that stick around for more than a day. So when Marinka stumbles across the chance to make a real friendshe breaks all the rules . . . with devastating consequences. Her beloved grandmother mysteriously disappearsand it’s up to Marinka to find her–even if it means making a dangerous journey to the afterlife.