A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground.
“One of this year's most buzzed about young adult novels.” ―Good Morning America
A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
An Amazon Best Book of the Month for March Selection
An Entertainment Weekly Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Selection
A PopSugar Best March 2021 YA Book Selection
With four starred reviews, Angeline Boulley's debut novel, Firekeeper's Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, perfect for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange.
Eighteen-year-old
Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, 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 is meeting Jamie, the
charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s 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 deaths―keep
growing, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe
(Ojibwe woman) and how far she’ll go for her community, even if it tears
apart the only world she’s ever known.
