Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
core novella 2024 Wayward Children
Record
| First published | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novella |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (13,245 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 146 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250848505 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known follows Antsy, a nine-year-old girl who now appears to be sixteen as a result of her time in the Shop Where the Lost Things Go, as she arrives at Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children carrying a newfound gift for locating anything that has gone missing. When a classmate attempts to exploit that ability for personal gain, Antsy and her friends flee through a magical door back into the Shop, setting off an unplanned journey that carries them through several different fantastical worlds as they search for a way home. The novella continues Antsy's story from Lost in the Moment and Found, following the consequences of the strange power she carries with her between worlds.
Where it sits
- Universe: Wayward Children
- Series: Wayward Children core; position 9 of 11 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Seanan McGuire
Notes
- From the series record (Wayward Children): Core Canon = all 11 published novellas (Tor.com/Tordotcom, 2016-2026), per the collection/short-form-as-Core precedent (this series' primary reading unit has always been the novella, not the novel). Book 12, "A Song of Sugar Sparrows" (planned January 2027), is announced but unpublished as of 2026-08-11 -- isn't counted here yet; watch for its publication.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Wayward Children: position 9 of 11: previous Lost in the Moment and Found (2023) · next Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (2025)
Sources
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