Today, we return to one of the most anticipated YA reads of the year. Firekeeper’s Daughter by Michigan’s Angeline Boulley is at once a a ripping thriller and a complex story of a girl finding her way in two cultures. Since our conversation in February, it hit the New York Times best-seller list.
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Angeline Boulley is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and writer of the debut novel Firekeeper’s Daughter.
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