They were five when they learned that grown-ups can’t be trusted. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what you’ve got. Jillian was her father’s perfect daughter-adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a tom-boy. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it’s because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline.
Jacqueline was her mother’s perfect daughter-polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. This is the story of what happened first… Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. I liked all of the characters and I’m hopeful to get more about their stories and travels in the next books.īook Two – Down Among the Sticks and Bones Overall, i mostly liked this but i think everyone naming this their favorite in the series gave me higher expectations. I also listened to the audiobook and didn’t really care for the narrator, so i think that affected my enjoyment of the book. I guess my problem was that this turned into a murder mystery and i wasn’t at all expecting that when i went into the story. I guess it was good that this was shorter otherwise i don’t think i would have lasted. I like the concept of this one, but found myself bored here and there. This was a slow story about kids that had found doors and traveled through them to other worlds (think Alice going to Wonderland or Dorothy going to Oz). 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. But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. The things she’s experienced… they change a person. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. 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.
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