"Exquisitely crafted, this is the rare companion novel that can stand alone." - Booklist starred review. “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 "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 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. They were five when they learned that grown-ups can’t be trusted. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what you've got. Jillian was her father’s perfect daughter-adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a tom-boy. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it’s because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline.
Jacqueline was her mother’s perfect daughter-polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess.
This is the story of what happened first… 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.
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
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