by TJ Klune
I read another book by this author, Under the Whispering Door. I really liked it, it made me laugh and it made me cry both times I read it.
I think this book is even better. It is about a caseworker for the Dept in Charge of Magical Youth, who is sent to an island to do an assesment of a care home there. The care home has some strange children, a female garden gnome, a pixie, a boy who tranforms into a terrier when he is scared, a creature like a octopus or jellyfish who aspires to be a doorman at a hotel another creature and last but not least Lucy, the AntiChrist who loves old blues and rock and roll music.
The caseworker Linus, is very nervous at first as he is really out of his comfort zone, but he has been entrusted with this task because of his very objective reporting on previous facilities.
However, Linus becomes anything but objective as he comes to know and love the children and their caregiver, Arthur. The children are feared by people on the mainland. Linus thinks the kids should go on an outing to the town. It goes well for the most part but a couple residents are not happy with the visitors.
Linus files his reports including his final report that the facility should stay open. His recommendation is accepted, much to his surprise. He decides life on the island is more appealing than his job so quits and goes back to the Island to marry Arthur and help raise the children,
It was a fun, very senstive book. I really enjoyed it.
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