The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

by T.J. Klune

Linus’s character growth throughout the novel is probably one of the things I’m most proud of. He starts as a bland, somewhat boring man who keeps his head down, doing his job to the best of his ability. It’s not until he arrives at the island and begins to listen that he sees that just doing his job will no longer suffice. He takes what he’s learned from the others, and digs in deep, dismantling years and years of preconceived notions about the people he’s supposed to be helping. He has removed his blinders, so much so that he’s able to say these words to Sal who needs to hear them. Hate is loud, but we can be louder. At the same time, we have to take caution that in our loudness, we don’t drown out the voices trying to speak along with us.