Warrior Girl Unearthed
by Angeline Boulley & Isabella Star LaBlanc (narrator)
16 year old Perry Firekeeper-Birch is looking forward to a summer of fishing and relaxing, but an internship at a tribal museum upends her plans. When she finds out that museums and private collectors continue to keep Native American remains in everything from display cases to cereal boxes, she decides to take matters into her own hands and return ancestors to Sugar Island for burial. As our Indigenous Lara Croft embarks on her reverse Tomb Raider mission, she also has to contend with the horrific rate of abduction and murder of Indigenous women — who will be next? This is a gripping novel with a strong protagonist who navigates injustice and cares about her community. A stand-alone follow-up to the prize-winning Firekeeper’s Daughter.
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“This main character is Perry Firekeeper-Birch, who is 16 and Black and Ojibwe. I really liked how she was such a strong-willed character… The idea of repatriating their ancestors and their belongings became really important to her and that was a beautiful thing to see.” Read more...
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