The House in the Cerulean Sea

This book was so beautiful and sentimental. Linus Baker, a social worker, is working for a satirically capitalist company ruled by “Extremely Upper Management.” Linus assesses orphanages for magical children in a world where those with magic are discriminated against. When he's assigned a month-long investigation with a highly classified orphanage, he discovers that life can be so much more than the grey world he's grown comfortable with.

“He dreams. Is that understood, I wonder? He dreams of a future that he may never have. And while his dreams may seem small, they are still his and his alone.”