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When I picked up Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter for a book club, I had zero idea what to expect. In fact, I thought it was a fantasy book! Imagine my surprise when I discovered it was about a female hockey player in the early 2000s caught in a criminal investigation about the murder of her best friend.
The main character, Daunis Fontaine, straddles worlds between her mother’s white family and her late father’s Ojibwe family, and the clashes between these two different communities are striking—and haunting. As the story unfolds, Daunis unearths how drugs are devastating the Ojibwe community she holds so dear, destroying my emotions all along the way and highlighting timely and important social issues.
Boulley has a true knack for drawing in readers, putting them on the edge of their seats, and then punching them in the gut.
11 authors picked Firekeeper's Daughter as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 14, 15, 16, and 17.
A PRINTZ MEDAL WINNER!
A MORRIS AWARD WINNER!
AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD YA HONOR BOOK!
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground.
“One of this year's most buzzed about young adult novels.” ―Good Morning America
A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time Selection
Amazon's Best YA Book of 2021 So Far (June 2021)
A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
An Entertainment Weekly Most Anticipated Books of…