Thursday, December 24, 2020

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

 


Debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange. 

As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on hold to care for 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, certain details don’t add up and she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into the heart of a criminal investigation. 

Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, but secretly pursues her own investigation, tracking down the criminals with her knowledge of chemistry and traditional medicine. But the deceptions—and deaths—keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home. 

Now, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she'll go to protect her community, even if it tears apart the only world she’s ever known

MY REVIEW: 4 Stars ⭐️ 

There needs to be more Native American authors and books!! We need them in High Fantasy and Young Adult! This one is another crime type book and I would like to see the native people in fantasy and all other rolls. That being said, this was still a wonder debut novel by the author. 

The strength of the main character, Daunis, is fantastic! There are a lot of hard and sad things she has to go through. I found the family and side characters great too! 

* Thank you to Netgalley and MacMillian for a digital copy of this book? 

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