Wayward Children

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.

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)

Short stories

 * "Juice Like Wounds" Tor.com (July 13, 2020)
 * "In Mercy, Rain" Tor.com (July 18, 2022)
 * "Skeleton Song" Tor.com (October 26, 2022)

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), Down Among the Sticks and Bones (2017), Come Tumbling Down (2020), and Lost in the Moment and Found (2023).

Film adaptation
In July 2021, Paramount Pictures acquired the film rights to the Wayward Children series.

External references

 * Wayward Children - Author Site
 * Wayward Children - Macmillan
 * Wayward Children - Goodreads
 * Juice Like Wounds - Tor.com
 * In Mercy, Rain - Tor.com
 * Skeleton Song - Tor.com