Every Heart a Doorway

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Seanan McGuire

Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best SeriesWinner: 2017 Hugo AwardWinner: 2017 Alex AwardWinner: 2017 Locus AwardWinner: 2016 Nebula AwardNominated: 2017 World Fantasy AwardNominated: 2017 British Fantasy Award2016 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" —NPREleanor West's Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No QuestsChildren 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 SeriesBook 1: Every Heart a DoorwayBook 2: Down Among the Sticks and BonesBook 3: Beneath the Sugar SkyBook 4: In an Absent DreamPRAISE 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 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue"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

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Author

Seanan McGuire

Pages

173

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

2016-04-05

ISBN

0765385503 9780765385505

Ratings

Google: 4.5

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"Ohh not for me...strange read...seems like incomplete book, like the actual story/plot is missing...not sure how to explain..."

LeeLoo Dallas

"Although it was a bit too creepy for me, the premise of this book impressed me. Touching. "

Tera B.

"This was different but in a good way. Couldn't put the book down. Liked the story a lot. Wasn't expecting the ending at all but really enjoyed it. Definitely would recommend this to others to read. "

Manda Avery

"I picked this book up by chance and couldn't put it down. It's sort of like... what would Alice do if she spent years in Wonderland, returned to London, then couldn't go back to Wonderland? What if the Pevensie siblings were exiled from Narnia? How would they reacclimate to being back in our world where everyone else thought they were spouting nonsense? That's where this book starts, and is then layered by various characters and a murder mystery. Fun little read!"

Wei Liu

"Wildly unique and whimsical"

WitcherSchooloftheFox

"Great book! Slow at moments action started to pick up towards the end. Cant wait to finish the series. 4 out of 5 stars for me."

Jasmine Gordon

"Haven’t speed through a book so fast in…. years, probably. Perfect follow up to Six of Crows, for some reason, though almost nothing like it. Left me feeling absolutely wonderful "