This seventh installment of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series does not take us to another world. Instead, we visit the Whitethorn Institute which is the polar opposite of Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. While Eleanor West’s school caters to the many quirks of the children who have returned from other places, The Whitethorn Institute does everything it can to wring out all thoughts of other worlds from its pupils and return them to the “real” world. It emphasizes conformity and rationality above all else. […]
Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone!
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire