Winner of the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series, "Beneath the Sugar Sky" is a glorious fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex Award-winning Wayward Children series, which began with the award-winning "Every Heart a Doorway." This third book in the series returns to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children in a standalone contemporary fantasy for fans of all ages.

At this magical boarding school, children who have experienced fantasy adventures are reintroduced to the "real" world. When Rini lands with a literal splash in the pond behind Eleanor West's Home, the last thing she expects to find is that her mother, Sumi, died years before Rini was even conceived. But Rini can't let reality get in the way of her quest—not when she has an entire world to save.

If she can't find a way to restore her mother, Rini will have more than a world to save; she will never have been born in the first place. And in a world without magic, she doesn't have long before reality notices her existence and washes her away. Good thing the student body is well-acquainted with quests.

This is a tale of friendship, baking, and derring-do. Warning: may contain nuts.

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.