While Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children is a welcoming environment for kids who went through a portal to another world and then returned to our mundane world, something about the place just doesn't seem to be working for Cora, who is haunted by the watery world where she became a mermaid. For that reason, she decides to transfer to the much more rigid and harsh Whitethorn Institute, which aims to disabuse children of the notion that other worlds even exist. However, much like the beds in Goldilocks, Eleanor West's was too soft, Whitethorn is too hard, and Cora is stuck trying to escape Whitethorn and find something that works for her.
I love this series of novellas, and McGuire's limitless imagination for other worlds. I also particularly enjoy the inclusiveness of this series, which features LGBTQ kids and kids with different abilities and body types, and treats them all honestly and with care. These books are well worth a read for fans of portal fantasy.
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