Down Among the Sticks and Bones
(Libby/OverDrive eAudiobook)
Author
Contributors
McGuire, Seanan Author, Narrator
Series
Wayward children volume 2
Published
Macmillan Audio , 2017.
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Checked Out
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Description
Winner: 2018 Alex AwardWinner: 2018 ALA RUSA Fantasy AwardSeanan McGuire returns to her popular Wayward Children series with Down Among the Sticks and Bones—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 Every Heart a DoorwayTwin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children.This is the story of what happened first…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.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 Dream
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Featuring interlocking fantasy realms, these fairy tale-like novels are notable for strong female characters and effective world-building. Although Darker is indeed darker than the more whimsical Wayward, both are descriptive, engaging, and deeply inventive. -- Mike Nilsson
Both fantasy series feature well-developed and LQBTQIA diverse characters who are plunged into a magical setting filled with fairies, monsters, and other fantastical elements while sorting out their complicated relationships. Readers are immersed in engaging tales that feel familiar yet haunting. -- Andrienne Cruz
These fantasy fiction series' revolve around characters in magical boarding schools. In the Scholomance novels, magical teenage students train to be sorcerers while in the Wayward novellas characters are rehabilitated after traveling in and out of fantasy realms. -- Heather Cover
Fantasy fans will find plenty of mystery, intrigue, magic, and adventure in these compelling and atmospheric standalone stories of epic fantasy (Secret Projects) and gateway fantasy (Wayward Children). -- Andrienne Cruz
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Charles de Lint's urban fantasy stories take place in Newford, an imaginary North American city that will appeal to fans of Seanan McGuire's San Francisco setting. Readers of McGuire will appreciate de Lint's evocative, character-driven stories. -- Katherine Johnson
These authors serve up richly detailed urban fantasy and gateway fantasy with authentic, diverse characters. Na'amen Gobert Tilahun's protagonist is gay, and Seanan McGuire's are primarily heterosexual. For both writers, it's the detailed, atmospheric storyline and setting that draws readers into the compelling stories set in San Francisco. -- Katherine Johnson
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McGuire, S. (2017). Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Unabridged). Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McGuire, Seanan. 2017. Down Among the Sticks and Bones. Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McGuire, Seanan. Down Among the Sticks and Bones Macmillan Audio, 2017.
Harvard Citation (style guide)McGuire, S. (2017). Down among the sticks and bones. Unabridged Macmillan Audio.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McGuire, Seanan. Down Among the Sticks and Bones Unabridged, Macmillan Audio, 2017.
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