Wayward Children is a series of
fantasy
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novellas
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...
by American author
Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in; born January 5, 1978 in Martinez, California) is an American author and filker. McGuire is known for her urban fantasy novels. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/ horror and the pseudon ...
. It takes place at a boarding school for children who have journeyed to magical lands and been forcibly returned to the "real" world. The volumes alternate between being set at the school versus showing the lives of the children while they were in their alternate worlds.
Books
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Every Heart a Doorway
''Every Heart a Doorway'' is a fantasy novella by American writer Seanan McGuire, the first in the '' Wayward Children'' series. It was first published in hardcover and ebook editions by Tor.com in April 2016.
Plot
Rarely, children may find d ...
'' (2016)
# ''Down Among the Sticks and Bones'' (2017)
# ''Beneath the Sugar Sky'' (2018)
# ''In an Absent Dream'' (2019)
# ''Come Tumbling Down'' (2020)
# ''Across the Green Grass Fields'' (2021)
# ''Where the Drowned Girls Go'' (2022)
# ''Lost in the Moment and Found'' (2023)
Short stories
* "Juice Like Wounds"
Tor.com
''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction.
From 20 ...
(July 13, 2020)
* "In Mercy, Rain"
Tor.com
''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction.
From 20 ...
(July 18, 2022)
* "Skeleton Song"
Tor.com
''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction.
From 20 ...
(October 26, 2022)
Awards and recognition
Series
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Hugo Award for Best Series
The Hugo Award for Best Series is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The award is available for series of science fiction or fanta ...
(2022, Won)
''Every Heart a Doorway''
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Nebula Award for Best Novella
The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 17,500 and 40 ...
(2017, Won)
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Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between ...
(2017, Won)
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Locus Award for Best Novella The Locus Award for Best Novella is one of a number of Locus Awards given out each year by ''Locus
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Entertainment
* Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Muta ...
(2017, Won)
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World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
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(2017, Nominated)
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Alex Awards
The Alex Awards annually recognize "ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18". Essentially, the award is a listing by the American Library Association parallel to its annual Best Books for Young A ...
(2017, Won)
''Down Among the Sticks and Bones''
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Alex Awards
The Alex Awards annually recognize "ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18". Essentially, the award is a listing by the American Library Association parallel to its annual Best Books for Young A ...
(2018, Won)
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Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between ...
(2018, Nominated)
''Beneath the Sugar Sky''
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World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...
(2019, Nominated)
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Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between ...
(2019, Nominated)
''In An Absent Dream''
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Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between ...
(2020, Nominated)
''Come Tumbling Down''
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Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between ...
(2021, Nominated)
''Across the Green Grass Fields''
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Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between ...
(2022, Nominated)
Film
In July 2021,
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
acquired the film rights to the ''Wayward Children'' series.
References
External references
Wayward Children - Author SiteWayward Children - MacmillanWayward Children - GoodreadsJuice Like Wounds - Tor.comIn Mercy, Rain - Tor.com
{{Hugo Award Best Series
Novellas
Novels by Seanan McGuire
Portal fantasy
American fantasy novel series
Book series introduced in 2016
Novels set in boarding schools
Hugo Award-winning works