Angeline Boulley – Cannonball Read 17

Good, especially on the grand scale of sequels to books that don’t need sequels

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

December 31, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

I saw that Firekeeper’s Daughter had a sequel, and I didn’t know weather to be excited or disappointed since, usually, sequels to such incredible books are sad and unnecessary. However, this one, since it is less of a sequel and more of a companion novel, didn’t disappoint. This book follows Perry Firekeeper-Birch, one of Daunis’s cousins (I think). She was expecting to just spend her summer having fun, but she gets into a fender bender and has to pay Daunis back for her jeep, so […]

7 stars (out of 5)

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

December 31, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

“Some boats are made for the river and some for the ocean. And there are some who can go anywhere because they always know the way home.” This book is about Daunis Fontaine, a biracial unenrolled tribal member, meaning she doesn’t feel like she fits in in her hometown or the nearby Ojibwe reservation. However, her family experiences tragedy, and Daunis decides to stay and care for her family, which is how she ends up meeting Jamie, a new recruit on her brother’s hockey team. […]

Coming-of-age heist story that will steal your heart

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

January 30, 2024 by KRussell 2 Comments

Warrior Girl Unearthed is Angeline Boulley’s follow-up to her award-winning debut, Firekeeper’s Daughter, which I loved; I was really excited to return to this world. We go back to the Ojibwe community of Sugar Island and meet our protagonist Perry, 16-year-old niece of Daunis, the primary character in FD. Set ten years after the first novel, Perry’s plans for a relaxing summer are disrupted when she wrecks her car and is forced into a summer internship to repay her Aunt Daunis for covering the cost […]

MANY content warnings but a beautiful depiction of the author’s hometown and culture

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

December 6, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Content warning: gun death, drug use, addiction, violent sexual assault with disassociation Oooh I am TORN on the review for this one–I feel like this book has so much promise, but at the end of the day there’s just too much going on for the length and reader’s ability to keep up with plot points. This is a beautiful ownvoices story of Daunis, a half-Ojibwe half-French Canadian high school senior living in Sault Ste Marie. From her French Canadian side, she’s the daughter of a […]

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