Pub Date: May 10, 2017
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2016945346
Lexile Code: 0810
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 13 to UP
Physical Info: 0.70" H x 7.90" L x 5.30" W ( 0.50 lbs) 240 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Indigenous | General | Science Fiction | Apocalyptic and PostApocalyptic | Science and Nature | Environment | Dystopian | Indigenous Futurism
Description: In this futuristic dystopian novel for teens, the Indigenous people of North America are on the run in a fight for survival.
Brief description: Cherie Dimaline is a Métis author and editor whose award-winning fiction has been published and anthologized internationally. Her first book, Red Rooms, was published in 2007 and her novel The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy was released in 2013. In 2014, she was named the Emerging Artist of the Year at the Ontario Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts, and became the first Aboriginal Writer in Residence for the Toronto Public Library. Her book A Gentle Habit was published in August 2016. The Marrow Thieves has won the Governor General's Literary Award and the Kirkus Prize; it is a finalist for the White Pine Award, was named to the Globe and Mail Top 100 and was selected for CBC's Canada Reads.
Review Quotes: "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." Starred review-- "Kirkus Reviews"