The third book in the Wayward Children series! This was the one that made me realize that the second book wasn't a standalone, but was in fact a prequel/backstory sort of thing, because we returned to the school directly after the events of the first book. This story reintroduced my favorite character Kade, and added a new character named Cora who I absolutely loved. She's a fat girl who found her world as a mermaid, where her body did exactly what it was supposed to do, and it was just a really lovely depiction of what it is to be "special" and yet not fit the supposed mold of even that. These books have all been extremely thoughtful in how it approaches gender, and how children are unnecessarily shaped within a binary, and I liked how the author approached weight and appearance in a similar way.
The plot of this one is essentially a journey through various other worlds, and it ends in a candy world with a baker at the center of it, and the whole thing felt like reading a video game in the best way, with all of them learning the logic (or nonsense) that governs the various places they traveled to. I'm excited to find out whether the fourth book in the series will return to the school, or if it will also take place primarily beyond the doors.
Grade: A
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