{"product_id":"hunting-by-stars-a-marrow-thieves-novel-9781419753473","title":"Hunting by Stars (a Marrow Thieves Novel)","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marrow Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e comes a thrilling new story about hope and survival that \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Angeline Boulley called \"a revelatory must-read.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2022 American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Years ago, when plagues and natural disasters killed millions of people, much of the world stopped dreaming. Without dreams, people are haunted, sick, mad, unable to rebuild. The government soon finds that the Indigenous people of North America have retained their dreams, an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones. Soon, residential schools pop up--or are reopened--across the land to bring in the dreamers and harvest their dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seventeen-year-old French lost his family to these schools and has spent the years since heading north with his newfound family: a group of other dreamers, who, like him, are trying to build and thrive as a community. But then French wakes up in a pitch-black room, locked in and alone for the first time in years, and he knows immediately where he is--and what it will take to escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, out in the world, his found family searches for him and dodges new dangers--school Recruiters, a blood cult, even the land itself. When their paths finally collide, French must decide how far he is willing to go--and how many loved ones is he willing to betray--in order to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHunting by Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing, action-packed, deftly drawn novel that expands on the world of Cherie Dimaline's award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Marrow Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, and it will haunt readers long after they've turned the final page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCherie Dimaline\u003c\/b\u003e is an author from the Georgian Bay Metis Community in Canada. Her 2017 book, \u003ci\u003eThe Marrow Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Governor General's Award and the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Young Readers, among others. \u003ci\u003eThe Marrow Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Book of Year on numerous lists, including the National Public Radio, the \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003ethe New York Public Library, the \u003ci\u003eGlobe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire, \u003c\/i\u003e and the CBC, has been translated into several languages, and continues to be a Canadian national bestseller years later. Cherie lives in Canada, where she is adapting work for stage and film and working on her new novels.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amulet Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614083911954,"sku":"9781419753473","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b8c1db39-aac0-4c42-a035-3ca864bfe47e.jpg?v=1732427240","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hunting-by-stars-a-marrow-thieves-novel-9781419753473","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}