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The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune · Cerulean Chronicles, book 1

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Linus Baker is a meticulous case worker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, assigned to evaluate an orphanage housing six unusual magical children and to assess the risk they might pose. There he meets Arthur Parnassus, the master of the orphanage, who is fiercely devoted to protecting the children in his care. The story follows Linus as he encounters an unexpected community and reckons with what family can mean.

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