  | Warrior girl unearthed Author: Boulley, Angeline | |
| Price: $23.98 | ||
Summary:
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.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: UG Reading Level: 5.10 Points: 14.0 Quiz: 522158 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (12/01/23)
School Library Journal (+) (05/01/23)
Booklist (04/01/23)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/06/23)
The Hornbook (+) (00/05/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 04/01/2023 What starts out as the perfect lazy summer for Perry Firekeeper-Birch—aka the “chill” twin, the one with no desire to leave her home of Sugar Island—turns into a life-changing experience when she’s forced into a summer internship that teaches her about the harsh realities of how the outside world views her ancestors and their remains. Throw in missing Indigenous women, family secrets, her very first crush, and a couple of murders, and Perry is going to learn the lengths to which she’ll go to enact her ideas of justice. Boulley gives us an extremely engrossing story that occasionally gets bogged down by taking on too much: there are mentions of sexual assault, grooming, the politics behind repatriation efforts, tribal politics, a heist gone wrong, and so on. That said, Perry Firekeeper-Birch is an incredibly engaging protagonist and a great example of a flawed yet relatable character. Highly recommended for thriller fans and readers who loved Boulley’s debut, as well as Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give (2017) and Jen Ferguson’s The Summer of Bitter and Sweet (2022).High-Demand Backstory: This quick follow-up to Boulley's best-selling, award-winning Firekeeper’s Daughter carries over all the same intrigue, tension, and heartbreak. Expect requests! - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
School Library Journal - 05/01/2023 Gr 9 Up—Perry Firekeeper-Birch wrecked the Jeep and had to join her twin sister, Pauline, in a summer internship offered by their tribe to pay for repairs. The summer is harrowing, with local Indigenous women going missing, and the murders of Black people by police that have the twins concerned for their father's safety. Perry's internship begins with Cooper Turtle, curator of the Tribal Museum. Perry is less than enthused, but after visiting a local college and seeing the bones and artifacts of her ancestors stored there, she finds her passion—to bring her ancestors back to Sugar Island. Cooper helps educate her on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Impatient with the red tape involved with NAGPRA, Perry repatriates seeds from a college backlog collection and loses Cooper's trust. Bouncing around different tribal departments for the rest of her internship, Perry is encouraged by the sub-Chief to lead her sister and friends into a heist to repatriate a private collection. Their plan takes a dark turn, and Perry finds herself in the hands of a predator. Though a sequel to Firekeeper's Daughter, it can be read as a stand-alone. VERDICT Perry's dreams, desires, culture, traditions, and actions create a compelling narrative about one teen's attempt to undo some of the injustices her community and people have faced. Strong first buy.—Tamara Saarinen - Copyright 2023 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
