Binding: Paperback
Description: A Printz Medal Winner! A Morris Award Winner! AN American Indian Youth Literature Award Y a Honor BOOK! A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine BOOK CLUB Y a 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 Y a Book of All Time Selection Amazon's Best Y a Book of 2021 So Far (June 2021) A 2021 Kids Indie Next List Selection An Entertainment Weekly Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Selection A Pop Sugar Best March 2021 Y a Book Selection With four starred reviews Angeline Boulley's debut novel Firekeeper's Daughter is a groundbreaking Y a thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community perfect for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange. Eighteen - year - old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college but when family tragedy strikes Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie the charming new recruit on her brother Levi's hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug. Reluctantly Daunis agrees to go undercover drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source. But the search for truth is more complicated than Daunis imagined exposing secrets and old scars. At the same time she grows concerned with an investigation that seems more focused on punishing the offenders than protecting the victims. Now as the deceptions and deaths keep growing Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she ll go for her community even if it tears apart the only world she's ever known.
Title: Firekeeper's Daughter
Author(s): Boulley Angeline
Publisher: Square Fish
Barcode: 9781250866035
Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/25/2023