The Marrow Thieves
- Subject
- Indigenous - General
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 260
- Publisher
- Dcb
- Size
- 13.5 cm × 20.1 cm
- ISBN
- 9781770864863
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.
About the author
Cherie DimalineAuthor
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What reviewers said
“Dimaline’s terrific writing is taut, energetic and confident, filled with empathy and poetry.”
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