Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
core novella 2026 Wayward Children
Record
| First published | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novella |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.77 (6,530 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 149 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250339409 |
| Internal chronology | 11 |
Synopsis
Through Gates of Garnet and Gold continues the Wayward Children series first begun with Every Heart a Doorway, following the same premise established across the earlier volumes: a student of Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children whose journey through a door into a magical world, and subsequent return to the ordinary one, has left them caught between two lives, neither of which fully fits anymore. Consistent with the series' structure, the novella follows that student's particular world and its own internal rules as a lens for examining the themes of belonging, loss, and identity that have run throughout the wider series since its first volume, continuing the pattern of pairing a fresh magical setting with the school's established cast and premise.
Where it sits
- Universe: Wayward Children
- Series: Wayward Children core; position 11 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 Book 12, "A Song of Sugar Sparrows" (planned January 2027), is announced but unpublished as of 2026-08-11 -- isn't counted here yet; watch for its publication.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 11 of 11: previous Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (2025)
Sources
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