Riverland
Written by Fran Wilde
Narrated by Suzy Jackson
4/5
()
About this audiobook
Fran Wilde
Two-time Nebula Award-winner Fran Wilde’s novels and short stories have been finalists for six Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo Awards, three Locus Awards, and a Lodestar. They include her Nebula- and Compton Crook Award-winning debut novel Updraft, and her Nebula award-winning, Best of NPR 2019, debut Middle Grade novel Riverland. Her short stories appear in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, Nature, Uncanny Magazine, and multiple years' best anthologies. Fran teaches for the Genre Fiction MFA concentration at Western Colorado University and the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She also writes nonfiction for publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Tor.com. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and at franwilde.net.
Related to Riverland
Related audiobooks
A Home for Goddesses and Dogs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Be a Girl in the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Upstander Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ship of Stolen Words Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mending Summer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEverywhere Blue Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethan I Was Before Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Drifters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Game of Fox & Squirrels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hollow Chest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mighty Inside Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Storm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Every Single Second Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Many Points of Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Miraculous Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Jasper June Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bump Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gussy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Disappear Completely Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Glitter Gets Everywhere Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankie & Bug Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Asha and the Spirit Bird Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dream, Annie, Dream Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finding Esme Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWalls Within Walls Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Breda's Island Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brave in the Woods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Maps of Memory: Return to Butterfly Hill Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Here in the Real World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Children's Music & Performing Arts For You
How To Sing Better: Your Step By Step Guide To Singing Better Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Music Theory: A Complete Guide to Understand the Fundamental of Music for Beginners Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Incredible Talking Machine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Giraffes Can't Dance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Songwriting: Easy Approach to Write Excellent Lyrics and Melody from Beginner to Expert Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Toddler Sing & Learn 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mary Can! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Story of the Saxophone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sister Switch Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Over In the Meadow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The First Rule of Punk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Music: Essential Tools to Boost your Music Business - Music Production, Music Theory and Songwriting Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fancy Nancy: Bubbles, Bubbles, and More Bubbles! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Better Nate Than Ever Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Music Theory Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stories from Shakespeare Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/513 Words Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Song of the Unicorn: A Merlin Tale Narrated by Jeremy Irons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Resonance in singing and speaking Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTune It Out Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dazzlin' Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rhythm & Muse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dream, Annie, Dream Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finding Bigfoot: Everything You Need to Know Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Vivaldi's Ring Of Mystery: A Tale of Musical Intrigue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beethoven Lives Upstairs: A Tale of Genius & Childhood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Riverland
20 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Eleanor and Mike are sisters who seek each other out when the “magic” fails at home. The house is “magicked” when there is no trouble, the rules are being followed and Poppa is not angry and hitting. A mysterious river presents itself under Eleanor’s bed after an abusive episode and the girls dive in to discover a fantasy world that is in trouble and may be the source of trouble above. The girls learn that the Favre family line has long had a boundary agreement to protect the river. Now it is up to the girls to repair the agreement and stop the trouble from leaking into their world.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a YA / middle grade book that deals with violence in the home and uses a portal fantasy framework for the sisters to deal with what happens at home. A portal to Riverland appears under Eleanor’s bed and both girls tumble into a river basin area where so many things are made up of trash that has come through from our world. Turns out there is a compact between Riverland and sister’s family that goes back generations, but no one knows about it now. Now Eleanor must try and keep up a facade of peace at home and solve the problems of Riverland and still do well at school. This was a bit of a hard read because the anger isn’t glossed over that the girls go thought and there is no perfect solution the problems, but it certainly makes for a better book because of it.
Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a great and difficult book. Not difficult to read. It's well written and there is magic--real Alice-down-the-rabbit-hole magic. Only it's NOT all a dream. It's difficult because the children are victims of abusive parents and it's agonizing to watch them escape from the coping mechanisms imposed on them as they face their challenges in two worlds. Interesting world-building and very suspenseful as the children examine what's real, what their resources are, and whom to trust. This is staying with me beyond finishing the book.