Down among the sticks and bones

About “Down among the sticks and bones”

Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they arrived at Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children. Jacqueline was seen as her mother's perfect daughter—polite, quiet, and always dressed as a princess. Her mother's strictness was meant to create the ideal daughter. Jillian was her father's perfect daughter—adventurous and thrill-seeking, with a tomboy attitude. He wished for a son but accepted her. The sisters learned at age five that grown-ups could not be trusted. At twelve, they discovered a hidden staircase and entered a world of magic, where they faced mad scientists, death, and difficult choices.