Across the Green Grass Fields
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
Author
Contributors
McGuire, Seanan Author
Series
Wayward children volume 6
Published
Tor Publishing Group , 2021.
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Available from Libby/OverDrive
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Description
Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best SeriesA young girl discovers a portal to a land filled with centaurs and unicorns in Seanan McGuire's Across the Green Grass Fields, a standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series.“Welcome to the Hooflands. We’re happy to have you, even if you being here means something’s coming.”Regan loves, and is loved, though her school-friend situation has become complicated, of late.When she suddenly finds herself thrust through a doorway that asks her to "Be Sure" before swallowing her whole, Regan must learn to live in a world filled with centaurs, kelpies, and other magical equines—a world that expects its human visitors to step up and be heroes.But after embracing her time with the herd, Regan discovers that not all forms of heroism are equal, and not all quests are as they seem…A standalone Wayward Children story containing all-new characters, and a great jumping-on point for new readers.
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Like the titular children of Wayward, the adult protagonists of the Down novels stumble into an alternate fantasy realm. In each, characters must work together to survive individual challenges. The Down series' setting is darker, and its characters' dilemmas morally murky. -- Kim Burton
Featuring interlocking fantasy realms, these fairy tale-like novels are notable for strong female characters and effective world-building. Although Darker is indeed darker than the more whimsical Wayward, both are descriptive, engaging, and deeply inventive. -- Mike Nilsson
Both fantasy series feature well-developed and LQBTQIA diverse characters who are plunged into a magical setting filled with fairies, monsters, and other fantastical elements while sorting out their complicated relationships. Readers are immersed in engaging tales that feel familiar yet haunting. -- Andrienne Cruz
These fantasy fiction series' revolve around characters in magical boarding schools. In the Scholomance novels, magical teenage students train to be sorcerers while in the Wayward novellas characters are rehabilitated after traveling in and out of fantasy realms. -- Heather Cover
Fantasy fans will find plenty of mystery, intrigue, magic, and adventure in these compelling and atmospheric standalone stories of epic fantasy (Secret Projects) and gateway fantasy (Wayward Children). -- Andrienne Cruz
Inspired by fairy tale adventures, these atmospheric and suspenseful gateway fantasy novels have compelling world-building that literally transports young protagonists into magical realms where they face their fears to survive real and make-believe threats. -- Andrienne Cruz
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Charles de Lint's urban fantasy stories take place in Newford, an imaginary North American city that will appeal to fans of Seanan McGuire's San Francisco setting. Readers of McGuire will appreciate de Lint's evocative, character-driven stories. -- Katherine Johnson
These authors serve up richly detailed urban fantasy and gateway fantasy with authentic, diverse characters. Na'amen Gobert Tilahun's protagonist is gay, and Seanan McGuire's are primarily heterosexual. For both writers, it's the detailed, atmospheric storyline and setting that draws readers into the compelling stories set in San Francisco. -- Katherine Johnson
A. Deborah Baker is a pen name used by Seanan McGuire for her Up-and-Under series of offbeat, wordplay-filled gateway fantasy novels. -- Autumn Winters
F.T. Lukens's work typically skews romantic and has a narrower tonal range than Seanan McGuire's books, which are written with darkly humorous or suspenseful tones. Still, both of these authors write fantasy novels set in fast-paced, richly built worlds populated by LGBTQIA characters. -- Basia Wilson
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McGuire, S. (2021). Across the Green Grass Fields . Tor Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McGuire, Seanan. 2021. Across the Green Grass Fields. Tor Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McGuire, Seanan. Across the Green Grass Fields Tor Publishing Group, 2021.
Harvard Citation (style guide)McGuire, S. (2021). Across the green grass fields. Tor Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McGuire, Seanan. Across the Green Grass Fields Tor Publishing Group, 2021.
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