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Firekeeper’s Daughter

Angeline Boulley

Daunis postpones college plans to remain in Sault Ste. Marie with her mother after her uncle’s death and as her grandmother’s health worsens. Though her white grandmother did not allow Daunis’s Ojibwe father to be named on her birth certificate, Daunis remains close to his family and involved in her Ojibwe community. After her friend Lily is killed by an estranged boyfriend addicted to meth, Daunis learns that Jamie, a new local hockey player, is an undercover FBI agent investigating a dangerous meth supply in the area.

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Themes
Cultural Heritage · Family · Grief And Loss · Mystery And Discovery · Racism And Prejudice
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Published
March 16, 2021
ISBN-13
9781250866035
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2022Fiction for Young Adults
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