Hunting by Stars

(A Marrow Thieves Novel)

By: Cherie Dimaline

Narrated by: Meegwun Fairbrother, Michelle St. John

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

National best seller

The thrilling follow-up to the best-selling, award-winning novel The Marrow Thieves, about a dystopian world where the Indigenous people of North America are being hunted for their bone marrow and ability to dream.

Years ago, when plagues and natural disasters killed millions of people, much of the world stopped dreaming. Without dreams, people are haunted, sick, mad, unable to rebuild. The government soon finds that the Indigenous people of North America have retained their dreams, an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones. Soon, residential schools pop up — or are re-opened — across the land to bring in the dreamers and harvest their dreams.

Seventeen-year-old French lost his family to these schools and has spent the years since heading north with his new found family: a group of other dreamers, who, like him, are trying to build and thrive as a community. But then French wakes up in a pitch-black room, locked in and alone for the first time in years, and he knows immediately where he is — and what it will take to escape.

Meanwhile, out in the world, his found family searches for him and dodges new dangers — school Recruiters, a blood cult, even the land itself. When their paths finally collide, French must decide how far he is willing to go — and how many loved ones is he willing to betray — in order to survive.

This engrossing, action-packed, deftly-drawn novel expands on the world of Cherie Dimaline’s award-winning The Marrow Thieves, and it will haunt listeners long after the final chapter.

©2021 Cherie Dimaline (P)2021 Penguin Teen

Critic reviews

2022, Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, Short-listed

2022, First Nations Communities Read Award, Long-listed

2022, The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence - Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book, Short-listed

"Ultimately a hopeful ode to community, identity, and found family, Hunting By Stars is timely, powerful, and un-put-downable." (YALSA)

A Kobo “Top 20 of 2021” book of the year

An Indigo Best Teen Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book (2021)

An NPR Best Book of 2021

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick

The Cityline Book Club Pick for December 2021

sharp intakes of breath

i love this story. i am thankful for these novels. but one of the two narrators was hard to handle at times. one point, she took such a sharp, quick breath i thought something dramatic was about to happen, but it was just her breathing. it was weird, and jolting and don’t even remember what the passage was about. i thought maybe i was being finicky about it, but the male narrator does not have the same issue.

you won't want to stop !!

I loved this book. ❤ Must read!!At one point I was so invested I was mad and needed to walk away and then at another I was crying Just such a great 2nd book to the series

Amazing

I absolutely loved the representation in this book. There’s so many stories and identities to connect with. It’s a must read for sure

A fantastic encore!!

I couldn't stop listening. Looking forward to more from the Aurhor. Will definitely listen again.

Laughed, cried and everything in between.

Narrators were perfect. Most narrators sound like they are trying out for a 6th grade play. Try way to hard, do way to much. Meegwum and Michelle were normal. And that made it MAGNIFICENT.

Performance was good

Although the performance from the voice actors was phenomenal, the story was not well written and the actors, while talented could not hide this poorly written story.