Wayward Children Explained

Wayward Children
Author:Seanan McGuire
Cover Artist:Rovina Cai
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Fantasy
Publisher:Tor.com
Pub Date:2016-Present
Number Of Books:9

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.

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!Year!Work!Award!Result!Ref
2016Every Heart a DoorwayGoodreads Choice Award for Fantasy[7]
Nebula Award for Best Novella[8] [9] [10]
Tiptree Award[11]
2017Alex Awards[12] [13] [14]
British Fantasy Award for Best Novella[15]
Hugo Award for Best Novella[16] [17] [18] [19]
Locus Award for Best Novella[20]
World Fantasy Award for Novella[21]
2018Beneath the Sugar SkyGoodreads Choice Award for Fantasy[22]
Down Among the Sticks and BonesAlex Awards[23] [24]
Hugo Award for Best Novella[25] [26]
Locus Award for Best Novella[27]
RUSA Award for Fantasy[28]
Every Heart a DoorwayGeffen Award for Best Translated Fantasy Book[29]
2019Beneath the Sugar SkyBooktubeSFF Award for Short Work[30]
Hugo Award for Best Novella[31] [32]
World Fantasy Award for Novella[33] [34]
2020In an Absent DreamHugo Award for Best Novella[35] [36]
World Fantasy Award for Novella[37]
2021Come Tumbling DownHugo Award for Best Novella[38] [39]
Locus Award for Best Novella[40]
2022Across the Green Grass FieldsHugo Award for Best Novella[41] [42] [43]
Wayward ChildrenHugo Award for Best Series
2023“In Mercy, Rain"Locus Award for Best Novelette[44]
Where the Drowned Girls GoHugo Award for Best Novella[45] [46]

Film adaptation

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

External references

Notes and References

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  5. Web site: Every Heart a Doorway Awards & Grants . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240728031206/https://www.ala.org/winner/every-heart-doorway-0 . 2024-07-28 . 2024-01-17 . American Library Association.
  6. Web site: Vnuk . Rebecca . August 2017 . Top 10 SF/Fantasy: 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220130171127/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=8980312 . January 30, 2022 . 2024-04-12 . Booklist.
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  22. Web site: Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) . 2024-07-25 . . en . 2024-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240119071212/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27366528-beneath-the-sugar-sky . live .
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