Deschutes Public Library

Firekeeper's daughter, Angeline Boulley

eng

no index present

HL720L, Lexile

fiction

Firekeeper's daughter

1239954748

Angeline Boulley

Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.1, 20, 20, 512291.

Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fin it, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot in meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levis hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug. Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source. But the search for truth is more complicated than Daunis imagined, exposing secrets and old scars. At the same time, she grows concerned with an investigation that seems more focused on punishing the offenders than protecting the victims. Now, as the deceptions and details keep growing, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far shell go for her community, even if it tears apart the only world shes ever known. Firekeepers Dauther is an electrifying thriller layered with a rich exploration of the modern Native experience, a reckoning of current and historical injustices, and a powerful celebration of community

adolescent