Lost in the Moment and Found

by Seanan McGuire

Overview

Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series

A 2023 Indie Next Pick!

A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Inductee!

A young girl discovers an infinite variety of worlds in this standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found.

Welcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go.

If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here.
If you ever wondered about a favorite toy from childhood... it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back.
And the headphones that you swore this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it….

Antoinette has lost her father. Metaphorically. He’s not in the Shop, and she’ll never see him again. But when Antsy finds herself lost (literally, this time), she discovers that however many doors open for her, leaving the Shop for good might not be as simple as it sounds.

And stepping through those doors exacts a price.

Lost in the Moment and Found tells us that childhood and innocence, once lost, can never be found.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250213631
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/10/2023
Series:	Wayward Children Series , #8
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	69,726
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Seanan 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!

Editorial Reviews

09/12/2022

Hugo Award winner McGuire manages to make some extreme tonal shifts work together beautifully in her bittersweet eighth Wayward Children novella (after Where the Drowned Girls Go). By the age of seven, Antoinette “Antsy” Ricci has lost many important things, among them her father, who had a heart attack in front of her; her trust in grown-ups, which is destroyed by her mother consistently believing her creepy new husband, Tyler, over Antsy; and her ability to feel safe in her own home, as Tyler watches her constantly. When Tyler makes his pedophilic intentions clear, Antsy runs away. The squirmy dread of this domestic opening gives way to whimsical adventure once Antsy stumbles upon the Shop Where the Lost Things Go, a mystical nexus between worlds. She’s greeted by talking magpie Hudson and Vineta, an elderly woman, who show her the ropes of her strange new home and use Antsy to open doors to other worlds. This setup allows McGuire to have a lot of fun in myriad alternate realities (including some Easter eggs for series fans). But so much world-hopping exacts a toll on Antsy as the high stakes of the opening—the threat of innocence lost—come back in an unexpected way. Antsy’s emotional coming-of-age will have readers hooked. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for Lost in the Moment and Found

A Finalist for the Locus Award!

“The eighth book (after Where the Drowned Girls Go) of McGuire’s “Wayward Children” series is a haunting adventure about the loss of childhood innocence and ultimately, about finding strength and belonging. ” —Library Journal, starred review

“Lost in the Moment and Found is imbued with the author’s deep sensitivity, as well as her sense of mystery and adventure. Seanan McGuire is an exceptional writer, and the Wayward Children series continues to be a revelatory experience for readers old and new.” —Locus

“Hugo Award winner McGuire manages to make some extreme tonal shifts work together beautifully.… Antsy’s emotional coming-of-age will have readers hooked.” —Publishers Weekly

“Antsy is a pleasing addition to the lore of Wayward Children, promising plenty of intrigue to come.” —Booklist

“I am always in awe of the ways in which McGuire can deliver whimsical magical worlds, while also discussing complex themes…” —Lili, Utopia State of Mind

Praise for the Wayward Children series

“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

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

“Anyone who appreciates off-the-beaten-path adventures will be swept away.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Across the Green Grass Fields

“One of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read.” —V. E. Schwab on Every Heart a Doorway

From the Publisher

★ 10/01/2022

Antoinette Ricci lost her father, then eventually knew she had to get lost herself before something awful happened to her. Now unsure of almost everything, Antsy has landed in the Shop Where the Lost Things Go and finds that every door she opens leads to a place worlds away from home. As she explores new places with her new friends, she learns who she is meant to be. She also discovers the shop's origins and sees that even if she finally finds herself, the shop may not open the door to lead her back home. McGuire's powerful writing shines here as do the courageous protagonist and intricate setting descriptions. Cameos of previous worlds and characters are sprinkled in the storytelling, serving to strengthen the ties between all of the series titles and characters' backstories. McGuire serves readers a trigger warning at the beginning (and promise of escape) due to early situations of grooming and child abuse. VERDICT The eighth book (after Where the Drowned Girls Go) of McGuire's "Wayward Children" series is a haunting adventure about the loss of childhood innocence and ultimately, about finding strength and belonging.—Kristi Chadwick

Library Journal

Jesse Vilinsky's versatile performance brightens this dark tale of a child who is forced to grow up too fast. Failed by the adults around her, young Antoinette ("Antsy") finds a door to an ever-expansive shop filled with lost things. Escaping the watchful eye of her new stepfather, Antsy enters and quickly becomes enamored with more doors, which lead to worlds beyond. But she soon finds that escaping has a price and the shop's keepers--an old woman and a talking magpie--are holding a centuries-old secret. Vilinsky keeps pace as Antsy grows older, expertly adjusting her narration to the girl's maturation yet maintaining Antsy's essence. Listeners will be captivated by how Vilinksy balances tragedy and hope in this eighth installment of the Wayward Children series. A.A.H. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

MARCH 2023 - AudioFile

Jesse Vilinsky's versatile performance brightens this dark tale of a child who is forced to grow up too fast. Failed by the adults around her, young Antoinette ("Antsy") finds a door to an ever-expansive shop filled with lost things. Escaping the watchful eye of her new stepfather, Antsy enters and quickly becomes enamored with more doors, which lead to worlds beyond. But she soon finds that escaping has a price and the shop's keepers--an old woman and a talking magpie--are holding a centuries-old secret. Vilinsky keeps pace as Antsy grows older, expertly adjusting her narration to the girl's maturation yet maintaining Antsy's essence. Listeners will be captivated by how Vilinksy balances tragedy and hope in this eighth installment of the Wayward Children series. A.A.H. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

MARCH 2023 - AudioFile