Beneath the Sugar Sky
- 158
- Pages
- about 3 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Beneath the Sugar Sky” is a short, whimsical quest that lets the Wayward Children series show far more of its worlds. Readers praise how vividly those places are drawn, and some single out the way it handles body image. For some it has a little less of the spell of the first two books. At under 160 pages it is quickly read, though it builds on events of the first volume.
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About the book
Beneath the Sugar Sky is a 2018 fantasy novella by American author Seanan McGuire. It is the third book in the Wayward Children series and introduces Rini Onishi, the child of Sumi, who was murdered in the series's first book, Every Heart a Doorway.
Reading order · Wayward Children
Full order & progress →- Every Heart a DoorwayStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - Down Among the Sticks and Bones
8.28.2 / 10 - Beneath the Sugar SkyThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - In an Absent Dream
8.28.2 / 10 - Come Tumbling Down
7.87.8 / 10 - Across the Green Grass Fields
7.87.8 / 10 - Where the Drowned Girls Go
8.28.2 / 10 - Lost in the Moment and Found
8.38.3 / 10 - Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 310 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 68% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 16 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 294 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Beneath the Sugar Sky?
It has 158 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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