Book Review
From Chelsea Weibley at the Library

“Some boats are made for the river and some for the ocean. And there are some who can go anywhere because they always know the way home.”

Daunis Fontaine is a biracial, un-enrolled tribal member struggling to feel her place in her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation of her father’s family. She recently graduated from high school where she was a stand-out hockey player. Daunis has been accepted into a pre-med program in the fall and is the support for her mother who has been through various types of loss and grief over the past year. When she witnesses a horrific murder, she agrees to go undercover for the FBI. Her investigations as an informant lead her to shocking truths about those around her and a better understanding of herself and her loved ones.

This book is marketed as a young adult mystery/thriller, but I found it to be so much more than that. Through Daunis and her story, I learned about the Ojibwe people, their culture, traditions, beliefs, language, land and more. Without revealing any spoilers, the plot also provided insights into the struggles of the modern Ojibwe people and women in particular.

This story was thoroughly compelling, beautiful, tragic and enlightening. I highly recommend it!

Check out The Fire Keeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley for yourself from the Library (https://catalog.lclibs.org/polaris/search/title.aspx…) or through listen through the eLibrary at https://lclibs.overdrive.com/media/5462438.