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Wayward Children Series

11 primary works • 18 total works
Seanan McGuire's Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series is the story of Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children, a boarding school for kids who come home from portal fantasy worlds and can't adjust to their new, ordinary lives.

Praise for Every Heart a Doorway:

"This is a gorgeous story: sometimes mean, sometimes angry, and always …

Book 1

Every Heart a Doorway
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3.80 · 122698 Ratings · 21157 Reviews · published 2016 · 40 editions
Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
No Solicit…

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    Book 2

    Down Among the Sticks and Bones
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    4.14     · 58972 Ratings · 9629 Reviews · published 2017 · 3 editions
    Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when the…

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    Book 3

    Beneath the Sugar Sky
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    3.84     · 46360 Ratings · 7335 Reviews · published 2018 · 18 editions
    Beneath the Sugar Sky, the third book in McGuire's…

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    Book 4

    In an Absent Dream
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    4.16     · 36973 Ratings · 6394 Reviews · published 2019 · 8 editions
    A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's A…

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    Book 4.5

    Juice Like Wounds
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    4.00     · 3523 Ratings · 597 Reviews · published 2020 · 1 edition
    In the course of every great adventure there are m…

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    Book 5

    Come Tumbling Down
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    3.91     · 29393 Ratings · 4716 Reviews · published 2020 · 9 editions
    When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward C…

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    Book 6

    Across the Green Grass Fields
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    3.80     · 23690 Ratings · 4134 Reviews · published 2021 · 1 edition
    A young girl discovers a portal to a land filled w…

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    Book 7

    Where the Drowned Girls Go
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    4.04     · 19656 Ratings · 3189 Reviews · published 2022 · 11 editions
    Welcome to the Whitethorn Institute. The first ste…

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    Book 7.5

    In Mercy, Rain
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    3.89     · 3443 Ratings · 456 Reviews · published 2022 · 2 editions
    Jack Wolcott was only twelve years old when she an…

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    Book 7.7

    Skeleton Song
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    4.00     · 3576 Ratings · 500 Reviews · published 2022 · 2 editions
    Children have always disappeared under the right c…

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    Book 8

    Lost in the Moment and Found
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    4.31     · 16284 Ratings · 2850 Reviews · published 2023 · 7 editions
    A young girl discovers an infinite variety of worl…

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    Book 9

    Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
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    4.07     · 12267 Ratings · 2167 Reviews · published 2024 · 4 editions
    Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find bot…

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    Book 10

    Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear
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    4.01     · 8645 Ratings · 1724 Reviews · published 2025 · 5 editions
    Giant turtles, impossible ships, and tidal rivers …

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    Book 11

    Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
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    3.96     · 273 Ratings · 185 Reviews · expected publication 2026 · 3 editions
    A fan-favorite character returns in this action-pa…

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    Book 1-2

    Każde serce to wrota. Patyki i kości
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    3.69     · 397 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 2017 · 1 edition
    Nagroda Hugo dla najlepszego cyklu 2022
    Pierwsze dw…

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    Book 1-3

    Be Sure
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    4.09     · 614 Ratings · 93 Reviews · published 2018 · 5 editions
    2022 Hugo Award for Best Series

    Where it all began…

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    Book 3-4

    Pod cukrowym niebem. W nieobecnym śnie
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    3.85     · 267 Ratings · 73 Reviews · 4 editions
    Tom 3 i 4 cyklu Zbłąkane dzieci Seanan McGuire

    Doł…

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    Book 5-6

    Upadek. Przez zielone pola
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    3.69     · 87 Ratings · 17 Reviews · 1 edition
    Młoda dziewczyna odkrywa portal prowadzący do krai…

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