Land Down Under: a find your way story from Mrs. Wobbles & The Tangerine House

Book 5 in the award-winning Mrs. Wobbles & the Tangerine House series — interactive choose-your-path stories about foster care, adoption, and emotional growth.

In this episode, three foster children discover a window to a paper-perfect world beneath the Tangerine House. But when two of them disappear into it, Lin must follow — and learn what "perfection" really costs.

Your choices shape the emotional journey of the story, gently encouraging courage and reflection. Like all Mrs. Wobbles tales, this one is narrated by a talking book that's slowly falling apart. You'll need to hold the story together.

Created by the Marino Family to raise awareness about foster care through playful, thoughtful storytelling.

Play time: ~30 minutes
Best for: ages 9-13, families, classrooms, counselors, librarians 
Format: browser-based interactive fiction (Undum)
Themes: bullying, disability, divorce, conformity, courage, self-acceptance

Free to read online at markcmarino.com/mrsw — this download is yours to keep.

This story is free so that young readers, families, foster/adoptive communities, and teachers can access it. Contributions help us keep making Mrs. Wobbles stories and teaching materials.