The Marrow Thieves
by Cherie Dimaline
Buy on AmazonAfter the ecological and psychological collapse of North America, indigenous people all over the continent – the only ones who can still dream – are hunted by the government and put in second-generation versions of residential schools. When orphan Frenchie joins a group of refugees led by the experienced Miigwans, the new family moves slowly North, looking for a place safe enough to be home. With writing that is crisp, lyrical and evocative, Métis author Cherie Dimaline breathes new life into the young adult apocalypse, with a near-future story that holds up an uncompromising mirror to the present. Unsettling, poignant and satisfying.
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"After the ecological and psychological collapse of North America, indigenous people all over the continent – the only ones who can still dream – are hunted by the government and put in second-generation versions of residential schools. When orphan Frenchie joins a group of refugees led by the experienced Miigwans, the new family moves slowly North, looking for a place safe enough to be home. With writing that is crisp, lyrical and evocative, Métis author Cherie Dimaline breathes new life into the young adult apocalypse, with a near-future story that holds up an uncompromising mirror to the present. Unsettling, poignant and satisfying."
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