Seanan McGuire · novella-series
Wayward Children books in order
A portal-fantasy series about children who have traveled through doors to other worlds and struggle to find belonging after returning to Earth.
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- 1 Every Heart a Doorway
Book 1 · novella · 2016
Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children 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…
- 2 Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Book 2 · novella · 2017
Seanan 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…
- 3 Beneath the Sugar Sky
Book 3 · novella · 2018
A glorious fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex-award winning Wayward Children series, which began in the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List Every Heart a Doorway Beneath the…
- 4 In an Absent Dream
Book 4 · novella · 2019
A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex award-winning Wayward Children series, which began in the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List Every Heart a Doorway This…
- 5 Come Tumbling Down
Book 5 · novella · 2020
When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sister—whom she had recently murdered in a fit of righteous justice—back to their home on the Moors. But death in their…
- 6 Across the Green Grass Fields
Book 6 · novella · 2021
A young girl discovers a portal to a land filled with centaurs and unicorns in Seanan McGuire's Across the Green Grass Fields, a standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series. “Welcome to the Hooflands.…
- 7 Where the Drowned Girls Go
Book 7 · novella · 2022
In Where the Drowned Girls Go, the next addition to Seanan McGuire's beloved Wayward Children series, students at an anti-magical school rebel against the oppressive faculty "Welcome to the Whitethorn Institute. The first step is always…
- 8 Lost in the Moment and Found
Book 8 · novella · 2023
If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here. If you ever wondered about a favorite toy from childhood... it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back. And the headphones that you swore this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it….…
- 9 Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
Book 9 · novella · 2024
Portals and danger, and a girl who can find both in the next book in the Hugo and Nebula Award–Winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire. Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West's School for Wayward…
- 10 Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear
Book 10 · novella · 2025
Giant turtles, impossible ships, and tidal rivers ridden by a Drowned girl in search of a family in the latest in the bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire. Nadya had three mothers: the one…
- 11 Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
Book 11 · novella · 2026
A fan-favorite character returns in this action-packed installment of the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series. After Nancy was cast out of the Halls of the Dead and forced to enroll at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children,…
