The Everlasting Road, Wab Kinew
The Everlasting Road, Wab Kinew
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The Everlasting Road

Author: Wab Kinew

Narrator: Michelle Bardach

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tundra Books

Published: 01/10/2023


Synopsis

The boundaries between the virtual and the real world become dangerously blurred for a young Indigenous girl in the follow-up to the YA fantasy debut Walking in Two Worlds from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew. Perfect for fans of Ready Player One and the Otherworld series.

Devastated by the loss of her older brother to cancer, Bugz returns to the place where she can always find solace and strength: the Floraverse. Over the past year, she has regained her position of power in that virtual world, and while the remaining Clan:LESS members still plot against her, she is easily able to overcome their attacks. Even better, she's been secretly working on a bot that will be both an incredible weapon and a source of comfort: Waawaate.
 
With the Waawaate bot looking exactly like the brother she misses so much — even acting like him — Bugz feels ready to show him off to Feng, who has become a constant companion in the 'Verse. She cannot wait to team up with both friend and bot to secure her dominance once and for all. But Feng has his own issues to deal with, especially when news that his parents are alive and want to contact him threatens to send his new life on the Rez into upheaval.
 
As they work through their complicated feelings of grief and loss, Feng and Bugz find themselves becoming ever closer. But disturbances in the Floraverse cannot be ignored, especially when Bugz realizes that her Waawaate bot is growing in powers beyond her control . . .

About The Author

WAB KINEW is the bestselling, award-winning author of the picture book Go Show the World, the memoir The Reason You Walk, and the young adult novel Walking in Two Worlds. An Honourary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and a follower of the Anishinaabe way of life, he is a former journalist, hip-hop artist and television host who was named by Postmedia News as one of "9 Aboriginal movers and shakers you should know." Kinew lives in Winnipeg with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ♥Milica♥ on December 21, 2024

A pretty okay second book, this one was a smoother read/listen than the first one, but almost everything I said for that one still stands. The Everlasting Road did a good job of wrapping some stuff up at the end, and explaining more about the world. The plot was also better developed. The best part a......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on January 15, 2023

This was a great follow up to Walking in two worlds, in which an Indigenous teen girl living on the Rez is grieving the death of her older brother to cancer and finds herself escaping into the virtual world of the Floraverse as the boundary between reality and fantasy start to blur in dangerous ways......more

Goodreads review by Lavender on August 05, 2023

The four stars is mostly due to stormys ending. Not saying she can't have a full life or love again but just feels off for me. Overall with Feng waawate pov bugs the support of the rez her parents and the grief reflected in her creation I think its a good ending. I feel more connected to the culture......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on November 13, 2023

3 / 5 ⭐️'ˢ “The Everlasting Road” By Wab Kinew 📕 Edition: Audiobook This one didn't captivate me as much as the first book but the unexpected twist at the end (which I will not share) made the journey worthwhile. Following Bugz's return to the Floraverse (view spoiler)[after her brother's tragic death (hide spoiler)] , the narrative e......more

Goodreads review by Jay on March 06, 2024

I received this book in exchange for an honest review. This in no ways changes my opinion and all the words below are my own. (this review contains spoilers for book one in The Floraverse series that are not marked out as spoilers because they do not spoil this book) Have to start this review off by s......more


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A Kirkus Reviews Editors' Pick

"Kinew presents readers with another well-paced novel set in a vividly realized world in which young people create new paths that are grounded in community and cultural continuity." —Kirkus Reviews

"A great sequel that tackles grief and AI while infusing Indigenous culture."
School Library Journal

"Packed with action and emotion. . . . [T]here is something for everyone, whether Indigenous or not, in this exciting novel." —CM Reviews

"Wab Kinew has created a beautiful world that intertwines virtual reality and Anishinaabe culture in a wonderful way. Descriptions of the Floraverse are stunning and I felt myself get sucked into the 'Verse, captured by Bugz' adventures." —Young Adulting