![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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.”- 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. Winner of the 2018 Burt Literary Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature.Winner of 2017 Governor General's Literary Award.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. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. 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. Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. ![]()
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