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The Great Michigan Read for 2023-24 is Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. A groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who goes undercover to root out the crime and corruption threatening her community. Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths.
Join us for this intergenerational book discussion for teens and adults.
About the author - Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She is a former Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Angeline lives in southwest Michigan, but her home will always be on Sugar Island. Firekeeper’s Daughter is her debut novel.