Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire, 160 pages.
Although it can be a hard life, Nadya is content to stay in the Russian orphanage she has lived in since she was born. She's never been bothered by the arm she was born without, but it seems that the well-meaning American couple that adopts her is very concerned about it, and insists on getting her a prosthetic she does not want and didn't ask for. Leaving adopted parents who don't understand or listen to her, she falls through a portal in a turtle pond and into a drowned world of water. This new world, Belyyreka, is a fascinating place made up many layers of different kinds of water, all within a lake the size of a world. Ships dive deep beneath the rivers and giant turtles serve as companions to the people. Nadya is finally home.This is book 10 in the Wayward Children series, but as a portal world book it could be read as a standalone without any issues. That being said, I'm afraid I wouldn't call this book the strongest in the series. Beyyreka was a very interesting setting, but the very short book spent a lot of time on Earth. Also unfortunately, I found this book a little heavy-handed compared to others in the series, and I feel like there was a lot of looking directly into the camera to deliver social justice messages, rather than integrating them more smoothly. I still enjoyed this book! I find the prose in this series lovely, and there is the normal amount of comfort to be found in a series all about finding a place to belong and be known. I'm just a little disappointed that this one didn't quite reach the heights of previous books in the series.
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