Firekeeper's Daughter

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Angeline Boulley: Firekeeper's Daughter (2021, Thorndike Press)

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Published Oct. 31, 2021 by Thorndike Press.

ISBN:
978-1-4328-9057-5
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Firekeeper's Daughter is a young adult (YA) novel by Angeline Boulley, published March 16, 2021, by Henry Holt and Co. The book is a New York Times best seller.

The book follows Daunis Fontaine, a half-native, half-white young adult who witnesses her friend's murder and becomes involved in an FBI investigation revolving around a new drug. Awards for Firekeeper's Daughter

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reviewed Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Brilliant!

Just finished reading "The Firekeeper's Daughter" by Angeline Boulley and absolutely loved it. It's a compelling story, powered by a strand of crime story and spiced with a bit of a love story and that perfect mix had me turning the pages. At the same time, it's a story about community and belonging and it left me longing for this kind of connection.

On top you get stories within the story, like how First Man misses out on multiples orgasms in exchange for the ability to pee standing upright . Hilarious!

reviewed Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Tense and unpredictable, great character development

I really enjoyed this book. I appreciated its representation of indigenous themes, characters, and settings. Readers should be aware though that there are scenes of murder/death and sexual violence in this book and one of the main themes is the destructive power of drug addiction. If you are able to handle that, then I think you will really enjoy this book.

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Absolutely recommend this, especially the audiobook narrated by Isabella Star LaBlanc. I learned so, so, so much about Anishinaabe culture, something I knew next to nothing about before.

I wish, with all my heart, that there were books like this about southern African peoples. (Unfortunately, these are not my stories to tell)

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Secret squirrel? I get it’s a YA novel, but there’s just too much I couldn’t swallow. The endless repeating of the secret squirrel term Daunis used to describe her snooping for the law enforcement quickly stopped being funny and turned from amusing to annoying.
A teenage girl with dubious grasp of reality being recruited by FBI? Nah, don’t think so! I may be just too old for this type of the story and this type of shallow writing and storytelling.

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Subjects

  • Young adult fiction, people & places, indigenous
  • Young adult fiction, social themes, drugs, alcohol, substance abuse
  • Young adult fiction, social themes, self-esteem & self-reliance
  • Young adult fiction, thrillers & suspense, general