Bestseller instantaneo del New York Times Premios Printz y Morris 2021 de la American Library Association

Pronto en NETFLIX, en una adaptacion para television producida por Higher Ground, la compania de Barack Obama y Michelle Obama.

Como miembro no oficial de su tribu nativa americana, Daunis Fontaine nunca acabo de encajar. Suena con dejar su pasado atras y estudiar medicina, pero las circunstancias la llevan a tomarse un ano para cuidar de su fragil madre en la reserva ojibwe.

Alli conoce a Jamie, pero es un chico que oculta algo. Y entonces Daunis presencia un asesinato, y descubre que una droga letal amenaza a su comunidad. Ella confia en que sus conocimientos de quimica y medicina tradicional la 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.

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A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time Selection A PRINTZ MEDAL WINNER!
A MORRIS AWARD WINNER!

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.

With four starred reviews, Angeline Boulley’s debut novel, Firekeeper’s Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, perfect for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange.

Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team.

Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.