- Schools, Magic, Children, Institutional care
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 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 the matter. No matter the cost.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Seanan McGuire
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Center Point Large Print, Morro Branco, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- Portuguese, English
- ISBN
- 9781643584591
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“The girls were never present for the entrance interviews.”
See http://seananmcguire.com/bio.php Seanan McGuire won the John W. Campbell award for the best new writer at the 2010 Hugo Awards. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/horror and the pseudonym A. Deborah Baker to write the "Up-and-Under" children's portal fantasy series.
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