Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden-but what they don’t know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves.
“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. A dystopian world that is all too real and that has much to say about our own.” Kirkus Reviews
“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. A dystopian world that is all too real and that has much to say about our own.” Kirkus Reviews
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A timely and necessary read... powerful and endlessly smart, it's a crucial work of fiction for people of all ages.
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. A dystopian world that is all too real and that has much to say about our own.
Dimaline writes elegant prose that grabs the reader and carries them into this dark and passionate world. The author
has created a rich work of postapocalyptic fiction without the dense exposition often found in the genre.
The brilliance here is that Dimaline takes one of the most well-known tropes in YA-the dystopia-and uses it to draw explicit parallels between the imagined horrors of a fictional future with the true historical horrors of colonialism and residential schools. It's as beautifully written as it is shocking and painful-a legitimate must-read.
