Arthur Parnassus himself is also an enigma he has no fear of these children and sparks a warmth in Linus that he’d resigned himself to never finding. The children are even more powerful and strange than he imagined, more monstrous than childlike. When Linus arrives at the island, he’s terrified. He’s ordered to stay on their remote island for a month to document everything he sees, and ultimately give his recommendation whether the orphanage is safe for both the children and the outside world. He considers himself a protector of these orphaned magical beings, and is a poster child for the perfect employee.īecause Linus lives so by-the-book, he’s given a special assignment from the Extremely Upper Management: go to the orphanage of Arthur Parnassus, a classified orphanage for only the most dangerous children. Employees are expected to remain impersonal and emotionless at all times they work long hours in poor conditions, and under constant supervision. The Department in Charge of Magical Youth is a dystopian nightmare. He’s a caseworker tasked with protecting magical children that live in orphanages in and around his city. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune follows a man named Linus Baker, whose life revolves around his job at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth.
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