~ Trade Paperback
~ Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, the Kirkus Prize, the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, and the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Young Adult Literature.
A survival story set in a Canada where 'recruiters' or 'Marrow Thieves' harvest the bone marrow of Indigenous people. This marrow then serves a non-Indigenous clientele that has lost the ability to dream, and hopes to restore that ability by consuming Indigenous marrow . . .
“Miigwans is a true hero; in him Dimaline creates a character of tremendous emotional depth and tenderness, connecting readers with the complexity and compassion of Indigenous people. A dystopian world that is all too real and that has much to say about our own.” -- Kirkus Reviews