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Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children Book 1)

Name: Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children Book 1)
Author: Seanan McGuire
ISBN: 9780765383877

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Winner: 2017 Hugo Award Winner: 2017 Alex Award Winner: 2017 Locus Award Winner: 2016 Nebula Award Nominated: 2017 World Fantasy Award Nominated: 2017 British Fantasy Award 2016 Tiptree Honor List A Mini-masterpiece Of Portal Fantasy — A Jewel Of A Book That Deserves To Be Shelved With Lewis Carroll's And C. S. Lewis' Classics —npr Eleanor West's Home For Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children Have Always Disappeared Under The Right Conditions; Slipping Through The Shadows Under A Bed Or At The Back Of A Wardrobe, Tumbling Down Rabbit Holes And Into Old Wells, And Emerging Somewhere... Else. But Magical Lands Have Little Need For Used-up Miracle Children. Nancy Tumbled Once, But Now She's Back. The Things She's Experienced... They Change A Person. The Children Under Miss West's Care Understand All Too Well. And Each Of Them Is Seeking A Way Back To Their Own Fantasy World. But Nancy's Arrival Marks A Change At The Home. There's A Darkness Just Around Each Corner, And When Tragedy Strikes, It's Up To Nancy And Her New-found Schoolmates To Get To The Heart Of Things. No Matter The Cost. 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 Praise For Every Heart A Doorway 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) Every Heart A Doorway By Seanan Mcguire Is One Of The Most Extraordinary Stories I've Ever Read. — V. E. Schwab, New York Times Bestselling Author Of A Gathering Of Shadows Seanan Mcguire Once Again Demonstrates Her Intimate Knowledge Of The Human Heart In A Powerful Fable Of Loss, Yearning And Damaged Children. — Paul Cornell, Author Of London Falling And Witches Of Lychford So Mindblowingly Good, It Hurts. — Io9 With Every Heart A Doorway, Mcguire Has Created Her Own Mini-masterpiece Of Portal Fantasy — A Jewel Of A Book That Deserves To Be Shelved With Lewis Carroll's And C. S. Lewis' Classics, Even As It Carves Its Own Precocious Space Between Them. — Npr At The Publisher's Request, This Title Is Being Sold Without Digital Rights Management Software (drm) Applied.

ISBN9780765383877

PublisherTordotcom

Publication Date12/31/16

Pages174

ISBN9780765383877

PublisherTordotcom

Publication Date12/31/16

Pages174

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patrick.boecker
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patrick.boecker
14 Followers
5.0
Easily a 5 on the verge to a favorite.
Narnia and alice turned into a grim alternatice for lost children that cannot turn back to these worlds and have lost touch with reality. Excellent writing, lovely group of morbid friends encapsulated in a short story that makes perfect use of every page ranging from grim to cozy.
Mar 29, 2024
5.0
Easily a 5 on the verge to a favorite.
Narnia and alice turned into a grim alternatice for lost children that cannot turn back to these worlds and have lost touch with reality. Excellent writing, lovely group of morbid friends encapsulated in a short story that makes perfect use of every page ranging from grim to cozy.
Mar 29, 2024
tinaxpow
4 Followers
tinaxpow
4 Followers
3.0
loved the premise, but the story felt too rushed to me
Dec 14, 2025
3.0
loved the premise, but the story felt too rushed to me
Dec 14, 2025
ebookbestie
11 Followers
ebookbestie
11 Followers
3.0
Let me preface this by saying that I typically prefer novels twice as long as this one, I personally think that the end fell a bit short but in that regard I'm really looking forward to [b:Down Among the Sticks and Bones|31450908|Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)|Seanan McGuire|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1473685781s/31450908.jpg|47411892], as it'll hopefully explain more about the background of the peculiar twins, but I still liked the way the story closed. While I feel like this could've had more suspense, I agree with the positive feedback which had made me aware of this book: there's a variety of representation (even if not addressed in all its complexity), and the characters with all their oddities are definitely likable. This novel is as much about the setting at the Wayward House as it is about each character's individual journey, which made it a great first installment of a series with changing protagonists.
Mar 3, 2025
3.0
Let me preface this by saying that I typically prefer novels twice as long as this one, I personally think that the end fell a bit short but in that regard I'm really looking forward to [b:Down Among the Sticks and Bones|31450908|Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)|Seanan McGuire|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1473685781s/31450908.jpg|47411892], as it'll hopefully explain more about the background of the peculiar twins, but I still liked the way the story closed. While I feel like this could've had more suspense, I agree with the positive feedback which had made me aware of this book: there's a variety of representation (even if not addressed in all its complexity), and the characters with all their oddities are definitely likable. This novel is as much about the setting at the Wayward House as it is about each character's individual journey, which made it a great first installment of a series with changing protagonists.
Mar 3, 2025