Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

by Seanan McGuire

“Just because someone hurt you when you were a child, that doesn’t make it right for you to hurt anyone else.”

The Store used to tell the children, but somewhere along the way, that stopped, and now all of us who come here do it without knowing what we’re being asked to give up so adults can live easier lives. Anything that’s lost anywhere else can wind up here. Anything that’s lost here is lost forever.”

“What about me?” asked Sumi. “Refined sugar doesn’t exist.” Sumi’s eyes went wide. “This is hell. We’ve discovered an Underworld for certain, because this is hell, and everything that happens here is designed for torture and for torment.”