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However, despite their harrowing situation, they have not lost faith. Throughout the book you meet a group of incredibly resilient characters who have lost loved ones, had family members taken away from them, and have spent years (and for some, their entire lives), running and hiding in order to survive. Those facts form the setting of the story, but not the plot. I know it seems like I’ve spoiled the book, but I promise I haven’t. It’s horrifying, and forces you, as the reader, to stop and reflect on North America’s past, and what needs to be done to reconcile for the future. Why? Because the majority (white people) want to be able to dream again. Instead, a new form of residential school has been created, where Indigenous people are taken, and tortured, in order to extract their bone marrow. In this futuristic world, you’d think people would remember and learn from the past, but that’s not the case. As a result, people have gone mad, and the only cure for this mysterious disease is to harvest the bone marrow from Indigenous people, as they are still able to dream. Climate change has brought more than rising water levels: it’s also somehow stopped the majority of the population from dreaming. The story is set in Northern Ontario, in the not-so-distant future. The Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Dimaline, was chosen for Canada Reads 2018, and has also won a Governor General’s Literary Award, the 2017 Kirkus Prize for young readers’ literature, and other notable awards. This isn’t your typical young-adult, dystopian story it’s a must-read for everyone. For now, survival means staying hidden - but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves.The Marrow Thieves was the best book I’ve read (so far) this year, and I need to tell you why. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream.

Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. powerful and endlessly smart, it's a crucial work of fiction for people of all ages." Starred Review - Quill & Quire Winner of the 2018 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Winner of the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award Winner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text)