The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

- Last updated: November 16, 2022
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"There's a quality in Dimaline's writing that reached from the page, into my being."
A book club discussion guide. "An Indigenous vision of a post-apocalyptic future informed by the injustices of the past and present"
CBC Canada Reads. Notes for teachers, literacy strategy, characters, themes, critical thinking questions, and activities.
Author's Website. "Cherie Dimaline is a member of the Georgian Bay Metis Community in Ontario who has published 5 books."
The Globe and Mail. "Cherie Diamline is a Métis writer whose books include Red Rooms, A Gentle Habit and The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy."
The Star. "Dimaline had just won the a Governor General's Literary Award for her dystopian novel The Marrow Thieves and was celebrating in her publisher's office."
"In the latest YA novel by Métis writer and editor Cherie Dimaline, the world has been ravaged by global warming."
"This YA dystopia is pretty different from the rest of its subgenre, in a good way."
CBC Books. "In the dystopian world of Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves, climate change has ravaged the Earth and a continent-wide hunt and slaughter of Indigenous people is underway."