Across the Green Grass Fields - (Wayward Children) by Seanan McGuire (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A young girl discovers a portal to a land filled with centaurs and unicorns in McGuire's new standalone tale in the Hugo- and Nebula Award-wining Wayward Children series containing all-new characters, and a great jumping-on point for new readers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A young girl discovers a portal to a land filled with centaurs and unicorns in Seanan McGuire's <i>Across the Green Grass Fields</i>, a standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series.</b> <p/><i>"Welcome to the Hooflands. We're happy to have you, even if you being here means something's coming."</i> <p/>Regan loves, and is loved, though her school-friend situation has become complicated, of late. <p/>When she suddenly finds herself thrust through a doorway that asks her to Be Sure before swallowing her whole, Regan must learn to live in a world filled with centaurs, kelpies, and other magical equines--a world that expects its human visitors to step up and be heroes. <p/>But after embracing her time with the herd, Regan discovers that not all forms of heroism are equal, and not all quests are as they seem... <p/><b>A standalone Wayward Children story containing all-new characters, and a great jumping-on point for new readers.</b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Anyone who appreciates off-the-beaten-path adventures will be swept away." --<i>Publishers Weekly, </i> starred review <p/>"A gorgeous standalone. The prose is emotional and moving and will speak to the hearts and minds of readers." --<i>Kirkus</i> <p/>"A great read for middle and high schoolers who enjoy themes of friendship and family, and a magical world of unicorns and centaurs." --<i>School Library Journal</i> <p/>Praise for <i>Every Heart a Doorway</i> <p/>"A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics." --NPR <p/>"Seanan McGuire has long been one of the smartest writers around, and with this novella we can easily see that her heart is as big as her brain." --Charlaine Harris <p/>"This is a gorgeous story: sometimes mean, sometimes angry, and always exciting." --Cory Doctorow for <i>BoingBoing</i> <p/>"So mindblowingly good, it hurts." --<i>io9</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>SEANAN McGUIRE is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning Wayward Children series; the October Daye series; the InCryptid series; the delightfully dark <i>Middlegame;</i> and other works. She also writes comics for Marvel, darker fiction as Mira Grant, and younger fiction as A. Deborah Baker. Seanan lives in Seattle with her cats, a vast collection of creepy dolls, horror movies, and sufficient books to qualify her as a fire hazard. She won the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 became the first person to appear five times on the same Hugo ballot.
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