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Firekeeper's Daughter

By: Angeline Boulley
Narrated by: Isabella Star LaBlanc
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Publisher's summary

"Isabella Star LaBlanc brings an authentic-sounding narration to this powerful audiobook.... Dialogue, including words in other languages, is handled with effortless transitions and clear depictions between characters. This audiobook should not be missed." (AudioFile magazine, Earphones Award winner)

A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club YA Pick

An Instant Number One New York Times Best Seller

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)

For fans of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange, 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.

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.

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

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

"The text is filled with Ojibwe phrases and traditions that Native American reader LaBlanc (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) handles with ease. Her voice is young and earnest and her fluency adds to the portrayal of Daunis.... It’s a tale filled with suspense, and LaBlanc’s sensitive reading will keep listeners plugged in." (Booklist, starred review)

"Expert narration from Isabella Star LeBlanc, a Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, brings authenticity to Daunis’s joy, anger, fear, and grief while providing distinct voices for the supporting cast, including the tribal elders. LeBlanc’s captivating voice draws readers in, expressing every mundane, sweet, heartbreaking, and life-threatening moment." (School Library Journal, starred review)

©2021 Angeline Boulley (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee, 2022

Michael L. Printz Award - Medal, 2022

Goodreads Choice Awards, 2021

School Library Best Books of the Year, 2021

Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, 2021

NPR Best Book of the Year, 2021

YALSA William C. Morris, 2022

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Very authentic! Very interesting!!

Loved the story! Loved the narrator! Very authentic! I learned a bit about their culture. A nice mixture of culture, mystery, suspense, plot twists, and love. I highly recommend!

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An amazing learning through point of view

This book starts slowly and I was worried at first, but then the characters and plot enveloped me. So worth it. All teachers of Native students should listen to this.

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Beautiful

This story held me captive until the end. The native culture interweaved throughout is beautiful and inspiring.

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Captured my heart

This book is beautifully written and highlights a city in Michigan/ a culture that not many people know about. I could not stop listening to this book and regret not buying the book sooner.

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Gripping, suspenseful and a great listen

The story grabbed and held the readers attention the whole way through. The narration was done beautifully. Highly recommend.

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Nice but predictable story

I enjoyed the details in describing Indian tribes and their relations, their traditions and all the complexity of their communities. I was sort of disappointed with the narrator in the first 20 chapters, but I enjoyed the transformation of her voice and the expressions afterwards. It is a great story for a movie, but not something that I would say can wow me.

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loved it

My mom from the Sault so I really enjoyed the setting. Terrific story start to finish.

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Excellent story

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It kept me engaged. I appreciated the narration and look forward to other books by this author.

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Audio skips

this is the second book that has been dropping out; skipping throughout the audio. is this common?

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Excellent book!

I loved this book. It starts out slow but keeps building to a very exciting end. The narrator has a magical voice and I loved hearing her pronounce the beautiful language. I laughed, I cried and had a hard time turning it off. I definitely recommend it.

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