Down Among the Sticks and Bones

n nWinner: 2018 Alex Award nWinner: 2018 ALA RUSA Fantasy Award n nSeanan 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 Doorwayn nTwin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children.n nThis is the story of what happened first...n nJacqueline 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.n nJillian 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.n nThey were five when they learned that grown-ups can't be trusted. n nThey 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.n nThe Wayward Children Series nBook 1: Every Heart a Doorway nBook 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones nBook 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky nBook 4: In an Absent Dreamn