Part of Wayward Children
First published 2019
Lundy is a serious young girl who prefers books and dreams to the expectations of becoming a proper housewife. When she discovers a doorway leading to a world built on logic and reason, filled with riddles and lies, she believes she has found her perfect home. This realm operates like the goblin markets of old tales, where everything has a price and every transaction must balance. Lundy thrives in this place that rewards cleverness and study over social conformity. But her time in this logical paradise grows short, and she faces an impossible choice. To stay in the world she loves, she must make a bargain with consequences that stretch far beyond what she can imagine. The cost of her decision will follow her across worlds and through time. This standalone novel from the Alex Award winning Wayward Children series explores what happens when the price of belonging somewhere becomes too high to pay.
Genres: coming-of-age, fantasy, magical-realism, young-adult, dark-fantasy
Vibes: bittersweet, introspective, melancholic, thought-provoking, whimsical-yet-dark
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, impossible-choice, portal-to-another-world, price-of-belonging
Setting: Goblin Market, Logical Realm
187 pages · Kindle Edition · Tordotcom