"Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their w ay home and were packed off to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children ... 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. 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. They were five ...
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"Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their w ay home and were packed off to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children ... 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. 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. They were five when they learned that grown-ups can't 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"--Amazon.com.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by New York Times Bestselling, Award Winning Author Seanan McGuire. 187 p. Audience: General/trade. A Fine, as New, copy in a Fine, as New, dust jacket; a tight and clean copy that was bought new, and never read. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line which ends with a 1. Signed by Multi Award Winning Author Seanan McGuire, signature only, on a 'tipped-in' blank page. "Down Among the Sticks and Bones" is the second novella in Author Seanan McGuire's "Wayward Series." This novella explores the origins of casually ghoulish Jack and her beautifully dressed serial-killer sister, Jill. As Kirkus Reviews opines on this work-"The trappings of gothic fantasy act as an eloquent backdrop to this vivid portrayal of a painfully dysfunctional family." "Down Among the Sticks and Bones" won the ALA Alex Award in 2018; and was nominated for a number of other literary awards including both a Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella (2018) and a Locus Award Nominee for Best Novella (2018). Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
Jack & Jill + Chronicles of Narnia + Seanan McGuire
Sorry, there were other combos, but I don�t want to spoil anything for y�all!
Jacqueline and Jillian never got a choice in who they would be. Their parents saw to it that one was a pretty princess and the other would be a tomboy to make up for the shame of not having a boy AND a girl. When they find a staircase in their grandmother�s trunk, they have an opportunity to choose for the first time in their lives. To choose their master and to choose each other.
Again, adored this and will be buying the third to read next month. While Jack & Jill were primary characters in Every Heart a Doorway, we get the whole heart-breaking story here. I have seen in other reviews that this book should be first and EHaD second, but I humbly disagree. If that were the case, there would me no shocking twist in EHaD. Just a gorgeous story. I was at first disconcerted that we weren�t in the school, but Seanan made me forget that very quickly. Besides the breathtaking character and world building, she has a language that can�t be replicated.
Buy this for yourself and everyone you know, twisted or not!
LEAH
Jan 5, 2021
So dark and fantastical!
I've read where this is a lot of people's favorite of the 3 books currently, and I can understand why. For me, this setting was everything! The Moors was eerie and dark and just what you expect from every horror movie ever. I think it's easily my favorite portal world so far (though I think I'd love The Halls of the Dead just as much if we ever get to see that world fully).
I loved the characters and their relationships with each other. They're so flawed, and the Moors are completely unforgiving when it comes to mistakes.
