Every Heart a Doorway
(Libby/OverDrive eAudiobook)
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Series
Wayward children volume 1
Published
Macmillan Audio , 2016.
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Winner of the Hugo Award, Hugo Award for Best Series, Alex Award, Locus Award, and Nebula Award Nominated for the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and 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" —NPRNew York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire presents a fresh take on the portal fantasy genre that blends Alice in Wonderland, The Magicians, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.Eleanor 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 Dream
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Like the titular children of Wayward, the adult protagonists of the Down novels stumble into an alternate fantasy realm. In each, characters must work together to survive individual challenges. The Down series' setting is darker, and its characters' dilemmas morally murky. -- Kim Burton
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
Inspired by fairy tale adventures, these atmospheric and suspenseful gateway fantasy novels have compelling world-building that literally transports young protagonists into magical realms where they face their fears to survive real and make-believe threats. -- Andrienne Cruz
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In each of these whimsical contemporary fantasies, a newcomer changes the status quo at a school (Every Heart) and an orphanage (Cerulean Sea) populated by children with magical abilities. Both examine the idea of belonging and what it means to be "different". -- Halle Carlson
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These atmospheric and engaging darkish fantasies thrum with a yearning for acceptance and home, found among unusual students and staff at rather peculiar schools. Every Heart a Doorway is for adults, while Miss Peregrine's Home is a teen novel. -- Melissa Gray
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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
A. Deborah Baker is a pen name used by Seanan McGuire for her Up-and-Under series of offbeat, wordplay-filled gateway fantasy novels. -- Autumn Winters
F.T. Lukens's work typically skews romantic and has a narrower tonal range than Seanan McGuire's books, which are written with darkly humorous or suspenseful tones. Still, both of these authors write fantasy novels set in fast-paced, richly built worlds populated by LGBTQIA characters. -- Basia Wilson
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McGuire, S., & Hopkins, C. (2016). Every Heart a Doorway (Unabridged). Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McGuire, Seanan and Cynthia Hopkins. 2016. Every Heart a Doorway. Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McGuire, Seanan and Cynthia Hopkins. Every Heart a Doorway Macmillan Audio, 2016.
Harvard Citation (style guide)McGuire, S. and Hopkins, C. (2016). Every heart a doorway. Unabridged Macmillan Audio.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McGuire, Seanan, and Cynthia Hopkins. Every Heart a Doorway Unabridged, Macmillan Audio, 2016.
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