Down Among the Sticks and Bones chronicles the lives of two of Every Heart a Doorway's favourite characters before they wind up in the Eleanor West Home for Wayward Children - a place where children who have experienced fantasy adventures can be reintroduced to the 'real' world. In Down Among the Sticks and Bones, twin girls Jack and Jill find themselves thrust into a world of monsters and mad scientists, and something they thought they'd never experience: choice.
I think this story is a lot stronger than the first book and the story itself is so interesting, but I still had to give this book three stars because it somehow couldn't grip me. I enjoyed it, but I wasn't sold on the story and it was over so soon, while it felt as if it was just beginning.
