Every Heart a Doorway
Children 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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At Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, every student has been through a magical doorway and come back. New girl Nancy arrives just as students start dying. First in the Wayward Children novellas.
Every Heart a Doorway was written by Seanan McGuire and published in 2016. It is the first novella in her Wayward Children series and won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards in the novella category.
Seanan McGuire has published more than nine Wayward Children novellas so far, each focusing on different children who have visited and been expelled from portal worlds. The series continues to release annually.
Every Heart a Doorway is 180 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Every Heart a Doorway takes most readers 3 to 4 hours to finish.
Every Heart a Doorway is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
Every Heart a Doorway is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.