FantasyYoung Adult
Wayward Children : the First Five Adventures
2024·864 pages
A boarding school shelters children returned from portal fantasy worlds, struggling to adapt. Five adventures explore their extraordinary, dangerous journeys.
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A boarding school shelters children returned from portal fantasy worlds, struggling to adapt. Five adventures explore their extraordinary, dangerous journeys.
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Winner: Hugo Award for Best Series The Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire is the story of Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children, a boarding school for children who come home from portal fantasy worlds and can’t adjust to their new lives. "A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy — a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics" —NPR The first five books in Seanan McGuire's multi-Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series. Join the ...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Minor references to sexuality; no explicit scenes depicted.
Violence & gore
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Frequent violent scenes in fantasy worlds; some graphic body horror and death.
Profanity
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Occasional mild profanity; not a central focus.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Central LGBTQ+ characters and identity themes, including asexual and trans representation.
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Fantasy magic and portal worlds; not framed as occult or demonic.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Minor themes of societal rejection and belonging; not overtly political.
Self-harm / suicide
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Some discussion of self-harm and suicidal ideation related to trauma.
Abuse & suffering
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Themes of emotional neglect and trauma from rejection by families or worlds.
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