Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)

by Seanan McGuire

Some adventures require nothing more than a willing heart and the ability to trip over the cracks in the world.

The trouble with denying children the freedom to be themselves—with forcing them into an idea of what they should be, not allowing them to choose their own paths—is that all too often, the one drawing the design knows nothing of the desires of their model.