

- Sisters, Magic, Boarding schools, Schools
"Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children ... Jacqueline was her mother's perfect daughter--polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it's because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline. Jillian was her father's perfect daughter--adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a tom-boy. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what you've got. They were five when they learned that grown-ups can't be trusted. They were twelve when they walked down the impossible staircase and discovered that the pretense of love can never be enough to prepare you a life filled with magic in a land filled with mad scientists and death and choices."--
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and richly built.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Seanan McGuire
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 187
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780765392039
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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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