Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward ChildrenNo SolicitationsNo VisitorsNo QuestsChildren 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... else.But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. 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 the matter.No matter the cost.
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Diese Serie erforscht das Leben von Kindern, die in andere Welten gestolpert sind, nur um bei ihrer Rückkehr festzustellen, dass sie nicht mehr in ihr altes Leben zurückkehren können. Untergebracht in einem seltsamen Internat, setzen sie sich mit ihren außergewöhnlichen Erfahrungen auseinander und suchen nach Zugehörigkeit in einer Welt, die nicht mehr zu ihnen passt. Es ist eine ergreifende Untersuchung von Identität, Trauma und dem Finden von Heimat unter unerwarteten Umständen. Die Bücher verbinden meisterhaft Elemente des Portal-Fantasy mit zutiefst menschlichen Geschichten über Widerstandsfähigkeit.






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For the first time experience the first three hardcover volumes of Seanan McGuire's Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series together in a boxset...
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A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex-award winning Wayward Children series, which began in the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List Every Heart a Doorway Beneath the Sugar Sky, the third book in McGuire's Wayward Children series, returns to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children in a standalone contemporary fantasy for fans of all ages. At this magical boarding school, children who have experienced fantasy adventures are reintroduced to the "real" world. When Rini lands with a literal splash in the pond behind Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, the last thing she expects to find is that her mother, Sumi, died years before Rini was even conceived. But Rini can’t let Reality get in the way of her quest – not when she has an entire world to save! (Much more common than one would suppose.) If she can't find a way to restore her mother, Rini will have more than a world to save: she will never have been born in the first place. And in a world without magic, she doesn’t have long before Reality notices her existence and washes her away. Good thing the student body is well-acquainted with quests... A tale of friendship, baking, and derring-do. Warning: May contain nuts. The Wayward Children Series Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky Book 4: In an Absent Dream
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In an Absent Dream
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Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex award-winning Wayward Children series, which began in the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List Every Heart a Doorway This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she's found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well. The Wayward Children Series Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky Book 4: In an Absent Dream
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Come Tumbling Down
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The fifth installment in Seanan McGuire's award-winning, bestselling Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads left dangling by Every Heart a Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones 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. 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. The Wayward Children Series Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky Book 4: In an Absent Dream Book 5: Come Tumbling Down
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A young girl discovers a portal to a land filled with centaurs and unicorns in Seanan McGuire's Across the Green Grass Fields, a standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-wining Wayward Children series. “Welcome to the Hooflands. We’re happy to have you, even if you being here means something’s coming.” Regan loves, and is loved, though her school-friend situation has become complicated, of late. 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. 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... A standalone Wayward Children story containing all-new characters, and a great jumping-on point for new readers.
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When Eleanor West decided to open her school, her sanctuary, her 'Home for Wayward Children,' she knew from the beginning that there would be children she couldn't save; when Cora decides she needs a different direction, a different fate, a different prophecy, Miss West reluctantly agrees to transfer her to the other school, where things are run very differently by Whitethorn, the Headmaster
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Lost in the Moment and Found
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"A young girl discovers an infinite variety of worlds in this standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-wining Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found. Welcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go. If you ever lost a sock, you'll find it here. If you ever wondered about favorite toy from childhood... it's probably sitting on a shelf in the back. And the headphones that you swore that this time you'd keep safe? You guessed it.... Antoinette has lost her father. Metaphorically. He's not in the shop, and she'll never see him again. But when Antsy finds herself lost (literally, this time), she finds that however many doors open for her, leaving the Shop for good might not be as simple as it sounds. And stepping through those doors exacts a price. Lost in the Moment and Found tells us that childhood and innocence, once lost, can never be found"--
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Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
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Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Wayward Children series. Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children. When her fellow students realize that Antsy's talent for finding absolutely anything may extend to doors, she's forced to flee in the company of a small group of friends, looking for a way back to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go to be sure that Vineta and Hudson are keeping their promise. Along the way, temptations are dangled, decisions are reinforced, and a departure to a world populated by dinosaurs brings untold dangers and one or two other surprises! A story that reminds us that finding what you want doesn't always mean finding what you need.
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Nadya never considered herself less than whole, not until her adoptive parents fitted her with a prosthetic arm against her will, seeking to replace the one she'd been missing from birth. It was cumbersome; it was uncomfortable; it was wrong. It wasn't her. Frustrated and unable to express why, Nadya began to wander, until the day she fell through a door into Belyyreka, the Land Beneath the Lake--and found herself in a world of water, filled with child-eating amphibians, majestic giant turtles, and impossible ships that sailed as happily beneath the surface as on top. In Belyyreka, she found herself understood for who she was: a Drowned Girl, who had made her way to her real home, accepted by the river and its people. But even in Belyyreka, there are dangers, and trials, and Nadya would soon find herself fighting to keep hold of everything she had come to treasure.
Ausgezeichnet mit dem Hugo Award, dem Nebula Award und dem Locus Award. Für alle, die ihr Herz an eine andere Welt verloren haben – die mehrfach preisgekrönte Fantasy-Novelle von Seanan McGuire »Every Heart a Doorway« zusammen mit den beiden Folgebänden »Down Among the Sticks and Bones« und »Beneath a Sugar Sky« endlich auf Deutsch. Kinder und Jugendliche sind zu allen Zeiten in Kaninchenlöcher gefallen, durch alte Kleiderschränke ins Zauberland vorgestoßen oder auf einer Dampflok in magische Welten gereist. Aber … was geschieht eigentlich mit denen, die zurückkommen? Mit Nancy, die die Hallen der Toten besucht hat und den Rest ihres Lebens am liebsten still wie eine Statue verbringen würde. Und mit Christopher, den Jungen mit der Knochenflöte, der die Toten für sich tanzen lassen kann. Sumi, die das Chaos braucht wie die Luft zum Atmen, weil sie aus einer Unsinnswelt kommt. Oder Jack & Jill, die mit Vampiren und Wissenschaftlern unter einem blutig-roten Mond aufgewachsen sind. Als sie sich in »Eleanor Wests Haus für Kinder auf Abwegen« treffen, ahnen sie nicht, dass ihnen ihr größtes Abenteuer noch bevorsteht ... Ein Buch für alle Fans von Ransom Riggs, C. S. Lewis und Philip Pullman. »So unfassbar gut, dass es weh tut.« Charlie Jane Anders, io9 »Eine der außergewöhnlichsten Geschichten, die ich je gelesen habe.« V. E. Schwab »Seanan McGuire ist eine der klügsten Autorinnen weit und breit. Mit ›Der Atem einer anderen Welt‹ beweist sie, dass ihr Herz genauso groß ist wie ihr Verstand scharf.« Charlaine Harris