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New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire returns to her popular Wayward Children series with Down Among the Sticks and Bones—a truly standalone story suitable for adult and young adult readers of urban fantasy, and the follow-up to the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List book Every Heart a Doorway Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. This is the story of what happened first… Jacqueline was her mother’s perfect daughter—polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it’s because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline. Jillian was her father’s perfect daughter—adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a tom-boy. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what you've got. They were five when they learned that grown-ups can’t be trusted. They were twelve when they walked down the impossible staircase and discovered that the pretense of love can never be enough to prepare you a life filled with magic in a land filled with mad scientists and death and choices. The Wayward Children Series Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky Book 4: In an Absent Dream
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"Down Among the Sticks and Bones has the voice and rhythm of a fairy tale... It is vividly characterised, as so much of Seanan McGuire’s work is, and has the kind of prose that carries you along to find out what happens next."
— Locus
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“Author Seanan McGuire narrates her story of twins who follow a mysterious staircase into a dark and violent world…[and] she captures the storytelling cadence of her witty prose.”
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"McGuire has a miraculous talent for examining adolescent discontent, wedding the strange with the poignant, the fearsome with the fascinating.
— RT Book Reviews Top Pick, 4 1/2 stars -
Beautifully crafted and smartly written, this fairy-tale novella is everything that speculative fiction readers look for: fantastical worlds, diverse characters, and prose that hits home with its emotional truths.
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Exquisitely crafted, this is the rare companion novel that can stand alone.
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McGuire’s exquisitely written fairy tale is about the choices that can alter the course of a life forever, lost innocence, and what it is to love and be loved.
— Publishers Weekly starred review -
A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics.
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Seanan McGuire has long been one of the smartest writers around, and with this novella we can easily see that her heart is as big as her brain. We know this story isn't true, but it is truth.
— Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series (TV's True Blood) -
This is a gorgeous story: sometimes mean, sometimes angry, and always exciting.
— Cory Doctorow for BoingBoing -
McGuire's lyrical prose makes this novella a rich experience.
— Library Journal, starred review -
So mindblowingly good, it hurts.
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This gothic charmer is a love letter to anyone who's ever felt out of place.
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This gothic novel is ideal for fantasy fans who have longed for a world of their own, as well as readers looking for books with diverse casts.
— Bookish -
Girl Interrupted meets Grimm's Fairy Tales. Let it in and it will touch your heart and open your mind.
— Geek Syndicate
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Winner of the Alex Award
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Finalist for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella
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A June 2017 LibraryReads Pick
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Among shortlisted titles for Locus Awards - Nominee, 2018
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Nominated for Hugo Award - Nominee, 2018
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Among longlisted titles for ALA Alex Awards Winner (Adult for Young Adults), 2018
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Among longlisted titles for Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2017
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About Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Alex and Locus Award-winning Wayward Children series, the October Daye series, the InCryptid series, and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. She won the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 became the first person to appear five times on the same ballot for the Hugo Award. In 2022, she managed the same feat again.