Nonsense and candy and the families we choose in the origin story of a beloved character in the latest installment of the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series.

Before there was Sumi, Promised Savior of Confection, there was Onishi Sumiko, a girl with no idea where she belonged.

Onishi Sumiko was born to be an invisible girl. The second child of immigrant parents, overshadowed by her brother, she seemed destined for a life of quiet obedience, never breaking free of the path that had been chosen for her.

Until a chance encounter with an impossible door sends her tumbling into a world of peppermint dreams and sugary nightmares, leaving her trapped in a candy-coated heart of darkness.

Forced to adapt to the world of Confection, where the rules are as unpredictable as they are nonsensical, Sumiko must decide whether she’s going to be a meek, logical victim of her own fate—or whether she’s going to stand up and become the illogical, impossible hero she was always meant to be.

Not all sweet dreams are safe ones, as Sumi will quickly discover for herself.

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Praise for this book

Praise for the Wayward Children Series

Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series

Winner: 2017 Hugo Award

Winner: 2017 Alex Award

Winner: 2017 Locus Award

Winner: 2016 Nebula Award

Nominated: 2017 World Fantasy Award

Nominated: 2017 British Fantasy Award

2016 Otherwise Honor List

“McGuire’s prose is elegant and earnest as ever and she writes especially poignantly about the deep and instinctive longing for home….This stuns.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review on Through Gates of Garnet and Gold

“A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy — a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics” —NPR on Every Heart a Doorway

“The series as a whole has wonderfully internally consistent world building and characters, no matter how far in the background, with complexity and depth.” —Booklist

“A great read for middle and high schoolers who enjoy themes of friendship and family, and a magical world of unicorns and centaurs.” —School Library Journal on Across the Green Grass Fields

“Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire is one of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read.” —V. E. Schwab

“This is another gem from McGuire.” —Publishers Weekly on Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear




About the AuthorSEANAN McGUIRE is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award–winning Wayward Children series, the October Daye series, the InCryptid series, and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. Seanan lives in Seattle with her cats, a vast collection of creepy dolls, horror movies, and sufficient books to qualify her as a fire hazard. She won the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 became the first person to appear five times on the same Hugo ballot. In 2022 she managed the same feat, again!
Title: A Song of Sugar Sparrows
Author(s): Seanan McGuire
Series: Wayward Children
Volume: 12
ISBN: 9781250339430
Copyright 2027
Release Date: January 12, 2027
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
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