The River Knew Her Name
A NOVEL FOR YOUNG READERS
For Finn Casey, turning thirteen means the real world and the realm of make-believe are about to collide. The year is 1926, and since her father's death, Finn and her mother have lived a lonely, rustic life on the banks of the Mississippi, working in the house of wealthy family friends, The Harrisons.
Then Finn encounters Shannon, a mysterious and beautiful runaway who secretly swims in the river below Finn's window each night. When Will Harrison, the boy Finn once loved as a brother, returns home from boarding school a brooding and handsome young man, the three teens are set on a path of adolescent discovery Finn couldn't have dreamed up in her wildest imagination.
As the summer heat raises tensions in the house they come to share with Will's fractured family, Shannon's past begins to unravel. Finn must put her childhood behind her as she confronts the girl's fantastical claims, unearths if they are born of madness or magic, and discovers what it truly means to make-believe.
