Come Tumbling Down
Readers rate it 3.9 (231 on Hardcover)
160 pages · Released Jan 7, 2020 · Tor.com
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Come Tumbling Down is the fifth book in McGuire's Wayward Children series and carries significant horror and mature thematic weight. The narrative involves murder, body horror, mad science, and psychological trauma, alongside LGBTQ+ representation as a core part of the story. While the prose is elegant and the emotional core centers on friendship, resilience, and acceptance, the content is darker and more disturbing than typical YA, making it best suited for older teens who have read earlier series installments.
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The fifth installment in Seanan McGuire's award-winning, bestselling Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads left dangling by Every Heart a Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged... The fifth installment in Seanan McGuire's award-winning, bestselling Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads left dangling by Every Heart a Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sister—whom she had recently murdered in a fit of righteous justice—back to their home on the Moors. But death in their adopted world isn't always as permanent as it is here, and when Jack is herself carried back into the school, it becomes clear that something has happened to her. Something terrible. Something of which only the maddest of scientists could conceive. Something only her friends are equipped to help her overcome. Eleanor West's "No Quests" rule is about to be broken. Again. The Wayward Children Series Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky Book 4: In an Absent Dream Book 5: Come Tumbling Down
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