The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline

Type:

Fiction

Categories:

General | Dystopian | Own Voices | People & Places | Indigenous

Themes:

Indigenous, General

Language:

English

Publisher:

Cormorant Books

Grade Level:

Age Range:

Where to buy it

Amazon

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Description

Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text)
Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize
Winner of the 2018 Sunburst Award
Winner of the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
Winner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature

Just when you think you have nothing left to lose, they come for your dreams.

Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The Indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden - but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves.

Contributors

Cherie Dimaline is a Métis author and editor whose award-winning fiction has been published and anthologized internationally. Her first book, Red Rooms, was published in 2007 and her novel The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy was released in 2013. In 2014, she was named the Emerging Artist of the Year at the Ontario Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts, and became the first Aboriginal Writer in Residence for the Toronto Public Library. Her book A Gentle Habit was published in August 2016. The Marrow Thieves has won the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Kirkus Prize; it is a finalist for the White Pine Award, was named to the Globe and Mail Top 100 and was selected for CBC’s Canada Reads.

Formats

Awards

CBC Canada ReadsShort-listed

Trillium Book AwardShort-listed

OLA Best BetsCommended

One Book, One BramptonWinner

Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book AwardShort-listed

Amy Mathers Teen Book AwardWinner

CODE Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult LiteratureWinner

Forest of Reading - White Pine AwardsNominated

Land of Enchantment Book AwardNominated

Kirkus Prize (Young Readers' Literature)Winner

Global Read AloudCommended

Amnesty International Book ClubCommended

Indigenous Literature AwardShort-listed

Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the FantasticWinner

One Book, One LondonWinner

Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text)Winner

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