Come Tumbling Down - (Wayward Children) by Seanan McGuire (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"When we Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sister-whom she had recently murdered in a fit of righteous justice-back to their home on the Moors. But death in their adopted world isn't always as permanent as it is here, and when Jack is herself carried back into the school, it becomes clear that something has happened to her. Something terrible. Something of which only the maddest of scientists could conceive. Something only her friends are equipped to help her overcome. Eleanor West's 'No Quests' rule is about to be broken. Again"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A 2021 Hugo Award Finalist!</b> <p/><b>A 2021 Locus Award Finalist!</b><b> <p/>Amazon's Best of 2020 So Far</b><br><b><br>The fifth installment in <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Seanan McGuire's award-winning Wayward Children series, <i>Come Tumbling Down </i>picks up the threads left dangling by <i>Every Heart a Doorway</i> and <i>Down Among the Sticks and Bones</i></b> <p/>When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sister--whom she had recently murdered in a fit of righteous justice--back to their home on the Moors. <p/>But death in their adopted world isn't always as permanent as it is here, and when Jack is herself carried back into the school, it becomes clear that something has happened to her. Something terrible. Something of which only the maddest of scientists could conceive. Something only her friends are equipped to help her overcome. <p/>Eleanor West's No Quests rule is about to be broken. <p/>Again. <p/><b>The Wayward Children Series</b><br>Book 1: <i>Every Heart a Doorway</i><br>Book 2: <i>Down Among the Sticks and Bones</i><br>Book 3: <i>Beneath the Sugar Sky</i><br>Book 4: <i>In an Absent Dream</i><br>Book 5: <i>Come Tumbling Down</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><i>Come Tumbling Down</i> is more proof of the charismatic power Seanan McGuire has long exhibited in the fantasy field; simply put, no one does it better. --<i>Locus</i> <p/>[<i>Come Tumbling Down </i>is] Grotesque, haunting, lovely. -- <i>Kirkus</i> (starred review)<i> <p/>Praise for Every Heart a Doorway</i> <p/>With <i>Every Heart a Doorway</i>, McGuire has created her own mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy -- a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics, even as it carves its own precocious space between them. -- 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/>One of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read. --V. E. Schwab <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/>McGuire's lyrical prose makes this novella a rich experience. --<i>Library Journal</i> starred review <p/>This gothic charmer is a love letter to anyone who's ever felt out of place. -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>Seanan McGuire once again demonstrates her intimate knowledge of the human heart in a powerful fable of loss, yearning and damaged children. -- Paul Cornell, author of <i>London Falling </i>and <i>Witches of Lychford</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, and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. 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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