January Scaller lives a peculiar life. Her mother died when she was a baby, and she lives in the museum-like home of Mr. Locke while her father travels the world seeking out oddities for Mr. Locke's collection. She'd love to travel with her dad and explore the world, but he says it's too dangerous, though January does occasionally gets to travel with Mr. Locke. It's on one of these journeys that she discovers a Door, an unexplained portal to a world that smells of the seaside, despite her previous location in Kentucky. Though she eventually forgets about that experience, she later stumbles upon a book that discusses the nature of Doors, making that memory resurface and revealing more about her father's mysterious wanderings.
This is a captivating, beautifully written novel that muses on escape, homesickness, love, memory, and much much more. I can't wait to talk about it with the Orcs & Aliens tonight!
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