We know this story isn't true, but it is truth." - Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series (TV's True Blood) "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. There's a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it's up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of things. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.īut Nancy's arrival marks a change at the Home. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. else.īut magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Lewis' classics" -NPRĬhildren have always disappeared under the right conditions slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere. "A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy - a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C.
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