Down Among the Sticks and Bones
- 190
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Down Among the Sticks and Bones” is a dark, compact fairy tale about how Jack and Jill became who they are. A prequel to “Every Heart a Doorway”, it keeps to one sinister world and a cool, almost clinical voice that some readers find right for the material. Readers disagree on whether it stands alone or only pays off beside the first book. It is a novella of 190 pages.
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About the book
Down Among the Sticks and Bones is a 2017 fantasy novella by Seanan McGuire. It is the second book in the Wayward Children series and explores the history of two characters, Jack and Jill, from the previous 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 BonesThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - Beneath the Sugar Sky
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 8.3 across 397 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 73% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 16 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 381 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is Down Among the Sticks and Bones?
It has 190 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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