Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire is a novella that combines fantasy and mystery genres. It is about a group of children who have returned from different magical worlds and are now living in a boarding school run by Eleanor West, who understands their experiences. The book explores the themes of identity,
belonging, and loss, as well as the diversity of the characters and their worlds. The book is the first in the Wayward Children series, which follows different characters and their journeys to and from various portal worlds