num_pages: 187
description: Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor Wests Home for Wayward Children.This is the story of what happened firstJacqueline was her mothers perfect daughterpolite and quiet always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict its because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline.Jillian was her fathers perfect daughteradventurous thrill-seeking and a bit of a tom-boy. He really would have preferred a son but you work with what you've got.They were five when they learned that grown-ups cant be trusted.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.
language: English
title: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
publisher: Tordotcom