Wayward Children

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Wayward Children
Author Seanan McGuire
Cover artist Rovina Cai
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy
Publisher Tor.com
Published2016-Present
No. of books9
Website seananmcguire.com

Wayward Children is a series of fantasy novellas by American author Seanan McGuire. 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.

Contents

In 2022, the series won the Hugo Award for Best Series.

Main characters

Books

  1. Every Heart a Doorway (2016)
  2. Down Among the Sticks and Bones (2017)
  3. Beneath the Sugar Sky (2018)
  4. In an Absent Dream (2019)
  5. Come Tumbling Down (2020)
  6. Across the Green Grass Fields (2021)
  7. Where the Drowned Girls Go (2022)
  8. Lost in the Moment and Found (2023)
  9. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (2024)
  10. Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (2025)

Short stories

Awards and recognition

Locus has regularly included the Wayward Children books in their year-end list of the best novellas of the year, including Every Heart a Doorway (2016), [1] Down Among the Sticks and Bones (2017), [2] Come Tumbling Down (2020), [3] and Lost in the Moment and Found (2023). [4] The American Library Association selected Every Heart a Doorway for their 2017 Rainbow Book List. [5]

In 2017, Booklist included Down Among the Sticks and Bones on their list of the year's top ten science fiction and fantasy books. [6]

Awards for the Wayward Children series
YearWorkAwardResultRef
2016Every Heart a Doorway Goodreads Choice Award for FantasyNominated [7]
Nebula Award for Best Novella Won [8] [9] [10]
Tiptree Award Honor [11]
2017 Alex Awards Won [12] [13] [14]
British Fantasy Award for Best NovellaNominated [15]
Hugo Award for Best NovellaWon [16] [17] [18] [19]
Locus Award for Best Novella Won [20]
World Fantasy Award for Novella Nominated [21]
2018Beneath the Sugar SkyGoodreads Choice Award for FantasyNominated [22]
Down Among the Sticks and BonesAlex AwardsWon [23] [24]
Hugo Award for Best NovellaNominated [25] [26]
Locus Award for Best NovellaNominated [27]
RUSA Award for FantasyWon [28]
Every Heart a Doorway Geffen Award for Best Translated Fantasy BookNominated [29]
2019Beneath the Sugar SkyBooktubeSFF Award for Short WorkNominated [30]
Hugo Award for Best NovellaNominated [31] [32]
World Fantasy Award for NovellaNominated [33] [34]
2020In an Absent DreamHugo Award for Best NovellaNominated [35] [36]
World Fantasy Award for NovellaNominated [37]
2021Come Tumbling DownHugo Award for Best NovellaNominated [38] [39]
Locus Award for Best NovellaNominated [40]
2022Across the Green Grass FieldsHugo Award for Best NovellaNominated [41] [42] [43]
Wayward ChildrenHugo Award for Best SeriesWon [41] [42]
2023“In Mercy, Rain" Locus Award for Best Novelette Nominated [44]
Where the Drowned Girls GoHugo Award for Best NovellaWon [45] [46]

Film adaptation

In July 2021, Paramount Pictures acquired the film rights to the Wayward Children series. [47]

Book ban

Every Heart a Doorway was banned in 2023 in Clay County District Schools, Florida. [48] [ failed verification ][ unreliable source? ]

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