Debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange.
As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on hold to care for 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, certain details don't add up and she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into the heart of a criminal investigation.
Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, but secretly pursues her own investigation, tracking down the criminals with her knowledge of chemistry and traditional medicine. But the deceptions—and deaths—keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home.
Now, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she'll go to protect her community, even if it tears apart the only world she’s ever known.
My Review:
This book, oh man, this book! It was utterly fantastic, and at points heart-breaking-ly real to life, and reading Daunis' story, as she was dealing with it all, I couldn't put it down! I had to know what was going to happen next!
The main story of this book is finding out where the drugs came from. Because it's connected to why her best friend was killed, why her uncle died. Watching her use the knowledge that he gave her alongside everything else that she knew, I really enjoyed following that mystery!
That ending though? With everything that she'd been through, all that hurt, and the ones that did the most damaged weren't criminally punished. Between legal loopholes and being faster then the others, they got away with it, and it really sucks!
Warrior Girl Unearthed is Angeline Boulley's next published full length book. And it sounds like it's about Daunis' nieces, and I'm really hoping that we'll get updates into her life, and in these cases, because it can't end like that, no matter how realistic!
This was such a great read, and I can't wait to read more by Angeline Boulley!
Author: Angeline Boulley
Read: June 7th, 2023
Source: Library
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a DAC Book and a SAC 2023 Book!
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: April 16th 2021
Author: Angeline Boulley
Read: June 7th, 2023
Source: Library
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a DAC Book and a SAC 2023 Book!
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: April 16th 2021
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