Hunting by Stars: Marrow Thieves, Book 2 - Cherie Dimaline - 2021
By: Cherie Dimaline
Narrated by: Meegwun Fairbrother, Michelle St. John
Series: The Marrow Thieves, Book 2
Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-19-21
Categories: Literature & Fiction, YA, Racism & Discrimination, Multicultural, Dystopian
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
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
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