A Time magazine pick for Best YA of All TimeSoon to be a Netflix series with the Obamas' Higher Ground Production CompanyReese Witherspoon YA book club pickAn instant no. 1 New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Young Adult Fiction Goodreads Choice Awards
Soon to be a Netflix series with the Obamas' Higher Ground Production Company **** Reese Witherspoon YA book club pick ** ** No. 1 New York Times Bestseller ** 'Raw and moving' Cosmopolitan 'A story that grips like a bulldog clip on your heart' Katherine Rundell, author of The Good Thieves 'Thrilling and heartwrenching' Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of Stars 'This fat, satisfying novel ably conveys a sense of place and nuanced, complex feeling; it's both an interrogation of racist misogyny and a swift-paced, compelling thriller' Guardian Keep the Secret. Live the Lie.Earn your Truth. For fans of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange comes a ground-breaking YA thriller about a Native American teen who must root out the corruption in her communityEighteen-year-old Daunis's mixed heritage has always made her feel like an outsider, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. When she witnesses a shocking murder, she reluctantly agrees to be part of a covert FBI operation into a series of drug-related deaths.But the deceptions - and deaths - keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home. Now Daunis must decide 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.
A Time magazine pick for Best YA of All TimeSoon to be a Netflix series with the Obamas Higher Ground Production CompanyReese Witherspoon YA book club pick An instant no. 1 New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Young Adult Fiction Goodreads Choice Awards Keep the Secret. Live the Lie. Earn your Truth.For fans of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange comes a ground-breaking YA thriller about a Native American teen who must root out the corruption in her communityEighteen-year-old Daunis has always felt like an outsider with her mixed heritage, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation.When she witnesses a murder, Daunis reluctantly agrees to go undercover. But secretly she pursues her own investigation, tracking down the culprits with her knowledge of traditional medicine.As the bodies pile up, Daunis finds herself caught in a web of deceit that threatens the people she loves the most.Raw and moving CosmopolitanA story that grips like a bulldog clip on your heart Katherine Rundell, author of The Good ThievesThrilling and heartwrenching Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of StarsA swift-paced, compelling thriller Guardian
Una premiada y aclamada novela sobre el racismo que pronto llegará a Netflix.Uno de los mejores libros juveniles de todos los tiempos según el New York Times. Como miembro extraoficial de su tribu nativa americana, chica birracial y producto de un escandalo, Daunis Fontaine nunca encajo del todo. Sueña con dejar su pasado atras, empezar de cero y estudiar medicina, pero una tragedia la fuerza a cuidar de su fragil madre en la reserva ojibwe y poner su futuro en espera. Lo unico positivo es conocer a Jamie, pero siente que es un chico que oculta algo... Un dia presencia un asesinato que la situa en el centro de una investigacion criminal. Una droga letal amenaza su comunidad y Daunis confia en que sus conocimientos de quimica y medicina tradicional le ayuden a dar con el responsable. Pero la busqueda de la verdad es cruel: Daunis debera aprender que significa ser una mujer ojibwe fuerte y hasta donde es capaz de arriesgar para proteger a su gente.Best seller #1 del New York Times Mejor libro YA de Amazon en 2021 Premios Printz y Morris 2021 de la American Library AssociationAngeline Boulley, miembro de la tribu Sault Ste. Marie de indios chippewa, es una narradora que escribe sobre su comunidad