Literature & Fiction
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Warrior Girl Unearthed
#1 Indies Bestseller!
An Amazon Best Book of the Month!
An Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month!
An Indie Next Pick!
FIVE STARRED REVIEWS FOR WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED!
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history.
Perry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is - the laidback twin, the troublemaker, the best fisher on Sugar Island. Her aspirations won't ever take her far from home, and she wouldn't have it any other way. But as the rising number of missing Indigenous women starts circling closer to home, as her family becomes embroiled in a high-profile murder investigation, and as greedy grave robbers seek to profit off of what belongs to her Anishinaabe tribe, Perry begins to question everything.
In order to reclaim this inheritance for her people, Perry has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. She can only count on her friends and allies, including her overachieving twin and a charming new boy in town with unwavering morals. Old rivalries, sister secrets, and botched heists cannot - will not - stop her from uncovering the mystery before the ancestors and missing women are lost forever.
Sometimes, the truth shouldn't stay buried.
An Amazon Best Book of the Month!
An Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month!
An Indie Next Pick!
FIVE STARRED REVIEWS FOR WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED!
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history.
Perry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is - the laidback twin, the troublemaker, the best fisher on Sugar Island. Her aspirations won't ever take her far from home, and she wouldn't have it any other way. But as the rising number of missing Indigenous women starts circling closer to home, as her family becomes embroiled in a high-profile murder investigation, and as greedy grave robbers seek to profit off of what belongs to her Anishinaabe tribe, Perry begins to question everything.
In order to reclaim this inheritance for her people, Perry has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. She can only count on her friends and allies, including her overachieving twin and a charming new boy in town with unwavering morals. Old rivalries, sister secrets, and botched heists cannot - will not - stop her from uncovering the mystery before the ancestors and missing women are lost forever.
Sometimes, the truth shouldn't stay buried.
Editorial Reviews
PRAISE FOR WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED
#1 Indies Bestseller!
An Amazon Best Book of the Month!
An Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month!
An Indie Next Pick!
FIVE STARRED REVIEWS FOR WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED!
*"Heightened tension, dynamic action scenes, a complicated heist and plenty of revelations [make] Warrior Girl Unearthed an edifying and deeply moving read." -BookPage, starred review
*"A compelling narrative about one teen's attempt to undo some of the injustices her community and people have faced." -School Library Journal, starred review
*"Another powerful, suspenseful page-turner from Boulley"-The Horn Book, starred review
* "A thrilling and empowering read" -Publisher's Weekly, starred review
*"A page-turning heist grounded in a nuanced exploration of critical issues of cultural integrity." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"[I]ncredibly engaging...This quick follow-up to Boulley's best-selling, award-winning Firekeeper's Daughter carries over all the same intrigue, tension, and heartbreak." -BookList
PRAISE FOR FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER
A PRINTZ MEDAL WINNER!
A MORRIS AWARD WINNER!
AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD YA HONOR BOOK!
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground.
"One of this year's most buzzed about young adult novels." ―Good Morning America
A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time Selection
Amazon's Best YA Book of 2021 So Far (June 2021)
A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
An Entertainment Weekly Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Selection
A PopSugar Best March 2021 YA Book Selection
"This is one bold, uncompromising and elegantly crafted debut." ―Courtney Summers, New York Times-bestselling author of Sadie
"Intricate and moving...
#1 Indies Bestseller!
An Amazon Best Book of the Month!
An Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month!
An Indie Next Pick!
FIVE STARRED REVIEWS FOR WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED!
*"Heightened tension, dynamic action scenes, a complicated heist and plenty of revelations [make] Warrior Girl Unearthed an edifying and deeply moving read." -BookPage, starred review
*"A compelling narrative about one teen's attempt to undo some of the injustices her community and people have faced." -School Library Journal, starred review
*"Another powerful, suspenseful page-turner from Boulley"-The Horn Book, starred review
* "A thrilling and empowering read" -Publisher's Weekly, starred review
*"A page-turning heist grounded in a nuanced exploration of critical issues of cultural integrity." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"[I]ncredibly engaging...This quick follow-up to Boulley's best-selling, award-winning Firekeeper's Daughter carries over all the same intrigue, tension, and heartbreak." -BookList
PRAISE FOR FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER
A PRINTZ MEDAL WINNER!
A MORRIS AWARD WINNER!
AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD YA HONOR BOOK!
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground.
"One of this year's most buzzed about young adult novels." ―Good Morning America
A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time Selection
Amazon's Best YA Book of 2021 So Far (June 2021)
A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
An Entertainment Weekly Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Selection
A PopSugar Best March 2021 YA Book Selection
"This is one bold, uncompromising and elegantly crafted debut." ―Courtney Summers, New York Times-bestselling author of Sadie
"Intricate and moving...
Readers Top Reviews
Cricket
I looked forward to this book since finishing the first by this author, but sadly this one lost the magic for me. The Firekeeper's Daughter was first and foremost a great story. This one reads like a lecture. The characters are pretty flat and the writing is too. The best stories are where you feel the outrage because of the story, not just because the author is outraged. I read somewhere that the first book took ten years to write and wonder what this one would have been with more time to marinate. A sophomore slump for sure.
Paul Talbot
Angeline Boulley hits so many high points with her second book. The language, the culture, the ongoing struggle to regain and retain the life ways that centuries of colonial-settler incursion have sought to eliminate. A must-read for Anishinaabe youth; a call for justice for everyone else.
Jake Heginbotham
Angeline Boulley writes beautiful stories! Her care for her people and traditions is felt on every page of her books. In her second book, Boulley reintroduces us to Perry Firekeeper-Birch a few years after we met her in Firekeeper's Daughter. While following Perry's story, we learn about NAGPRA, the federal law that allows tribes to request the return on ancestral remains and sacred items, and the growing numbers of missing and murdered indigenous women. Perry spends her summer working in various capacities in the tribal summer program. She learns about local universities and collectors holding on to ancestors' remains through legal loopholes and less than legal methods, and decides she's the person to bring them back home. Meanwhile, women are going missing, and no one knows how or why. What I liked: -Reuniting with many favorite characters from Firekeeper's Daughter! -Learning about NAGPRA and MMIW -Perry's character growth -The way this community cares for their elders and ancestors What I didn't love: -The characters were too one-note -The plot felt a little under developed- especially compared to the complexities in Firekeeper's Daughter -Breaking the law multiple times without any consequences -It was missing the lovable comic relief of the elders and sassy aunties [⚠️: Although marketed as YA, this book hits on some heavy and mature content including rape, murder, and kidnapping.]
