This would also be an excellent choice for high-school novel studies. Cherie Dimaline put together an incredible novel that reads quickly but that will stay with you for a long time. There is no question why this book won the Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature-Text. The Marrow Thieves has such a twist at the end (no spoiler alerts here!) that I actually had to go back and re-read the book to see if with my newfound knowledge I would see what was coming. This story will make you laugh and cry-it will make you uncomfortable, it will inspire you and it will leave you hopeful. As they face incredible obstacles, we see their continuous strength and resilience. We also learn about the experiences this ragtag group had before they found each other.
The focus is on survival and finding a place where they won't be hunted anymore. The elders in this group teach the younger ones about their culture-from skills to stories to language. Separated from his family, Frenchie meets a group of others on the run and forms a chosen family trying to stay safe and get through each day. Hunters are collecting all the dreamers and taking them to facilities to get the marrow they need to dream again. At a time when humans have destroyed the health of our Great Lakes and despair has taken over, only Indigenous people are still dreaming. In The Marrow Thieves, we follow the story of Frenchie, an Indigenous teen on the run, being hunted for the marrow in his bones. Retrieved from įiction | Dystopia | First Nations | Environmental Issues | LGBTQ+ 2018 Canadian Children's Book Centre 07 May.
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