In an Absent Dream
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Our view
“In an Absent Dream” is a bittersweet fairy tale about a rule-loving girl and the price of her own sense of fairness. The fourth “Wayward Children” novella follows Lundy, a solitary child happier among books than classmates, and makes every decision she takes understandable. Some readers call it their favourite of the series so far; knowing her as the school’s therapist from the first book lends the story extra sadness.
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About the book
In an Absent Dream is a 2019 fantasy novella by American author Seanan McGuire. It is the fourth book in the Wayward Children series and follows Lundy, the in-house therapist at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children.
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 Sky
7.87.8 / 10 - In an Absent DreamThis book
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 8.4 across 246 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 63% 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 | 8.0 | 5 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 241 | 98% |
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