Down Among the Sticks and Bones - (Wayward Children) by Seanan McGuire (Hardcover)
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- Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best SeriesWinner: 2018 Alex AwardWinner: 2018 ALA RUSA Fantasy AwardSeanan 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.
- Alex Awards 2018 1st Winner
- About the Author: SEANAN McGUIRE is the author of the October Daye urban fantasy series, the InCryptid series, the Wayward Children series, and other works.
- 192 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Fantasy
- Series Name: Wayward Children
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A stand-alone dark fantasy tale from the world of Every Heart a Doorway: what happened to Jack and Jill before they tumbled into Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children?Book Synopsis
Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series
Winner: 2018 Alex Award
Winner: 2018 ALA RUSA Fantasy Award
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
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
Review Quotes
"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." --Library Journal starred review "Exquisitely crafted, this is the rare companion novel that can stand alone." --Booklist starred review. "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 "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 PRAISE FOR EVERY HEART A DOORWAY: "A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics." --NPR "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." --io9 "This gothic charmer is a love letter to anyone who's ever felt out of place." -- Publishers Weekly "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 SyndicateAbout the Author
SEANAN McGUIRE is the author of the October Daye urban fantasy series, the InCryptid series, the Wayward Children series, and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant.
Seanan lives in Seattle with her cats, a vast collection of creepy dolls, and horror movies, and sufficient books to qualify her as a fire hazard. She was the winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 she became the first person ever to appear five times on the same Hugo ballot.Dimensions (Overall): 8.3 Inches (H) x 5.8 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: .66 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 192
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Fantasy
Series Title: Wayward Children
Publisher: Tordotcom
Format: Hardcover
Author: Seanan McGuire
Language: English
Street Date: June 13, 2017
TCIN: 51620894
UPC: 9780765392039
Item Number (DPCI): 248-41-5673
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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One of the best series out there
5 out of 5 stars
EyesBiggerThanMyShelves - 4 years ago
Jack & Jill + Chronicles of Narnia + Seanan McGuire Sorry, there were other combos, but I don’t want to spoil anything for y’all! Jacqueline and Jillian never got a choice in who they would be. Their parents saw to it that one was a pretty princess and the other would be a tomboy to make up for the shame of not having a boy AND a girl. When they find a staircase in their grandmother’s trunk, they have an opportunity to choose for the first time in their lives. To choose their master and to choose each other. Again, adored this and will be buying the third to read next month. While Jack & Jill were primary characters in Every Heart a Doorway, we get the whole heart-breaking story here. I have seen in other reviews that this book should be first and EHaD second, but I humbly disagree. If that were the case, there would me no shocking twist in EHaD. Just a gorgeous story. I was at first disconcerted that we weren’t in the school, but Seanan made me forget that very quickly. Besides the breathtaking character and world building, she has a language that can’t be replicated. Buy this for yourself and everyone you know, twisted or not!
So dark and fantastical!
4 out of 5 stars
leah rose reads - 4 years ago
I've read where this is a lot of people's favorite of the 3 books currently, and I can understand why. For me, this setting was everything! The Moors was eerie and dark and just what you expect from every horror movie ever. I think it's easily my favorite portal world so far (though I think I'd love The Halls of the Dead just as much if we ever get to see that world fully). I loved the characters and their relationships with each other. They're so flawed, and the Moors are completely unforgiving when it comes to mistakes.
Dark and deadly sequel
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
BookFreakOut - 7 years ago
This novella follow-up to Every Heart a Doorway is dark, deadly, and as equally stunning as its predecessor. Though it takes place chronologically before Every Heart and could easily be read independently, I think reading them in publication order adds a layer of harrowing suspense. Those who have read Every Heart know the general outline of Jack and Jill's story and their time in the world of the Moors, but the details are only vaguely sketched. Here, they are fully outlined in all their cold harshness. Down Among the Sticks and Bones is full of looming dread as the story heads inexorably toward its tragic ending, the sense of oncoming doom enhanced by readers' knowledge of the future rather than detracted. The introductory section detailing their early life, carefully regimented by parents who see their twin daughters as things to be molded and posed into perfect examples of family life rather than individuals, is heartbreaking and perfectly sets up how two innocents could be so perfectly suited for the brutal Moors. With the same lyrical prose, grueling truths and perfectly imperfect characters as Every Heart, Down Among the Sticks and Bones is a phenomenal entry to the Wayward Children series.