powerful and endlessly smart, it’s a crucial work of fiction for people of all ages.” Starred review Debbie Reese, American Indians in Children's Literature But I'll stop and let you be with these achingly dear characters. about Miggs and Isaac, about Ri, about Minerva, about French. Several tribal nations are mentioned in here, too. It will resonate with other Native readers, too, especially those who are Anishinabe. It is one of many points in The Marrow Thieves where - painfully or with exquisite beauty - Dimaline's story resonates with me. That's a specific reference to the residential schools of the past, where so much was taken from Native children. “There's a quality in Dimaline's writing that reached from the page, into my being.

A dystopian world that is all too real and that has much to say about our own.” Starred review “Miigwans is a true hero in him Dimaline creates a character of tremendous emotional depth and tenderness, connecting readers with the complexity and compassion of Indigenous people. Selection, Time Magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time Selection, 2019 Amnesty International Book Club Shortlisted, 2018 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award

Winner, 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literatureįinalist, 2018 Forest of Reading - White Pine Awards Winner, 2018 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Winner, 2017 Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text) Winner, 2017 Kirkus Prize (Young Readers' Literature)

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