Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children Book 2)
<p><b><i>Winner: 2018 Alex Award<br />Winner: 2018 ALA RUSA Fantasy Award<br /></i></b><b><br />Seanan McGuire returns to her popular Wayward Children series with <i>Down Among the Sticks and Bones—</i>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 <i>Every Heart a Doorway</i></b><br /><br />Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children.<br /><br />This is the story of what happened first…<br /><br />Jacqueline 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.<br /><br />Jillian 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.<br /><br />They were five when they learned that grown-ups can’t be trusted. <br /><br />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 <i>choices</i>.<br /><br /><b>The Wayward Children Series</b><br />Book 1: <i>Every Heart a Doorway</i><br />Book 2: <i>Down Among the Sticks and Bones</i><br />Book 3: <i>Beneath the Sugar Sky<br /></i>Book 4: <i>In an Absent Dream</i><br /><br />At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.</p>