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Suspense. Thriller. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML: An Instant New York Times bestseller! #1 Indies Bestseller! An Amazon Best Book of the Month! An Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month! An Indie Next Pick! FIVE STARRED REVIEWS FOR WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED! #1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history. 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. In order to reclaim this inheritance for her people, Perry has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. She can only count on her friends and allies, including her overachieving twin and a charming new boy in town with unwavering morals. Old rivalries, sister secrets, and botched heists cannot - will not - stop her from uncovering the mystery before the ancestors and missing women are lost forever. Sometimes, the truth shouldn't stay buried..… (more)
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Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (2023), 400 pages
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2023-05-02
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LibraryThing member acargile
Warrior Girl Unearthed follows Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. I wish I had looked over Firekeeper's Daughter--just to remember the details more vividly; the main character is Aunt Daunis in Warrior Girl Unearthed. It's nice to see how Daunis is doing years later. She's still tough as
Perry Firekeeper-Birch loves her Ojibwe tribe. She knows the language and customs better than most. This summer is the summer to fish with her dad. It'll be great. Her Aunt Daunis doesn't give her or Perry's twin, Pauline, an inch. She pushes them to be proud of their culture and to be strong--to fight for their tribe as well as for female rights and dignity. Daunis gave the girls a jeep, which the girls will pay her for, but there are rules. One of which is "no speeding." There goes the summer of fishing and goofing off. Perry, speeding, swerves to avoid an animal and crashes the jeep. Now she has to do the summer internship. Perry doesn't "play nice" in the sense that she doesn't act as expected. She questions and stands her ground, which can be empowering or it can backfire.
Perry is assigned to one of the stranger member of her tribe to work at the museum, taking care of the artifacts and acquiring more. As she gets to know her boss better, she realizes that he does not waver from his devotion to the tribe; she comes to respect him. He works patiently and persistently to acquire the bones and artifacts of their citizens even when it takes decades. Perry lacks the patience. Maybe stealing would be faster. She joins the Misfits for the Friday mandatory lessons for the interns. They could help. Perry details how many much money is needed to bring their ancestors home as well as ancestral artifacts to the Misfits. It would be a way to serve their tribe. As Perry devises her schemes and learns about the non-Ojibwe people at the college who hold on to what doesn't belong to them, she becomes obsessed with bringing them and the objects home. Meanwhile, girls are going missing.
I really enjoyed this novel. I've barely scratched the surface; I stopped at missing girls to keep from revealing too much information. I must admit that I'm a rule follower. Perry is not--she is a risk taker. I admire her courage and toughness; she doesn't cower or please people for the sake of being "nice." She questions and attacks to make them see truth, not letting people imply it's okay to "own" native american bones & their belongings. If you liked Firekeeper's Daughter, this novel is a must!
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nails!Perry Firekeeper-Birch loves her Ojibwe tribe. She knows the language and customs better than most. This summer is the summer to fish with her dad. It'll be great. Her Aunt Daunis doesn't give her or Perry's twin, Pauline, an inch. She pushes them to be proud of their culture and to be strong--to fight for their tribe as well as for female rights and dignity. Daunis gave the girls a jeep, which the girls will pay her for, but there are rules. One of which is "no speeding." There goes the summer of fishing and goofing off. Perry, speeding, swerves to avoid an animal and crashes the jeep. Now she has to do the summer internship. Perry doesn't "play nice" in the sense that she doesn't act as expected. She questions and stands her ground, which can be empowering or it can backfire.
Perry is assigned to one of the stranger member of her tribe to work at the museum, taking care of the artifacts and acquiring more. As she gets to know her boss better, she realizes that he does not waver from his devotion to the tribe; she comes to respect him. He works patiently and persistently to acquire the bones and artifacts of their citizens even when it takes decades. Perry lacks the patience. Maybe stealing would be faster. She joins the Misfits for the Friday mandatory lessons for the interns. They could help. Perry details how many much money is needed to bring their ancestors home as well as ancestral artifacts to the Misfits. It would be a way to serve their tribe. As Perry devises her schemes and learns about the non-Ojibwe people at the college who hold on to what doesn't belong to them, she becomes obsessed with bringing them and the objects home. Meanwhile, girls are going missing.
I really enjoyed this novel. I've barely scratched the surface; I stopped at missing girls to keep from revealing too much information. I must admit that I'm a rule follower. Perry is not--she is a risk taker. I admire her courage and toughness; she doesn't cower or please people for the sake of being "nice." She questions and attacks to make them see truth, not letting people imply it's okay to "own" native american bones & their belongings. If you liked Firekeeper's Daughter, this novel is a must!
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LibraryThing member kmartin802
Perry Firekeeper-Birch has a summer filled with growth in this second mystery steeped in Anishinaabe culture by Angeline Boulley.
Perry is the laidback twin and, while her sister Pauline is looking forward to a summer internship program, she's looking forward to hanging around and fishing. But a
Perry is assigned to intern with Cooper Turtle who runs the tribal museum and finds herself cleaning glass cases. She spends her lunch break trying to find a new job. But she soon becomes fascinated with the museum and with Cooper's efforts to bring Native bones and artifacts back to the tribe from the universities and museums that are holding them for study.
Perry's main complaint is that Cooper is working to slowly. She wants her ancestors back home immediately. But repatriation isn't the only thing on Perry's mind. Native women are disappearing, and it doesn't seem like law enforcement on or off the reservation is doing enough to try to find them.
Perry's overenthusiasm costs her job with Cooper and causes her internship to be switched to another department. In fact, she seems to move to a new department each week as her bosses keep moving her around. On Fridays, the interns are all gathered together for team building and other activities. Perry becomes part of the team that includes her school friend Shense Jackson, a 16-year-old single mother, her childhood friend Lucas, and new-boy-in town Erik. They name themselves Team Misfit Toys.
There's a lot going on in this mystery which includes a murder and a heist of bones gathered by a local non-Native landowner and an encounter with the man who is kidnapping native women in their area. I found the whole story fascinating and compelling. I couldn't put the story down and, when I did have to do other things, I was still thinking about the events of the story. I highly recommend this book.
Perry is the laidback twin and, while her sister Pauline is looking forward to a summer internship program, she's looking forward to hanging around and fishing. But a
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bear in the road and too much speed cause a car accident and her Aunt Daunis demands that Perry take part in the internship too as a cost for getting the car repaired.Perry is assigned to intern with Cooper Turtle who runs the tribal museum and finds herself cleaning glass cases. She spends her lunch break trying to find a new job. But she soon becomes fascinated with the museum and with Cooper's efforts to bring Native bones and artifacts back to the tribe from the universities and museums that are holding them for study.
Perry's main complaint is that Cooper is working to slowly. She wants her ancestors back home immediately. But repatriation isn't the only thing on Perry's mind. Native women are disappearing, and it doesn't seem like law enforcement on or off the reservation is doing enough to try to find them.
Perry's overenthusiasm costs her job with Cooper and causes her internship to be switched to another department. In fact, she seems to move to a new department each week as her bosses keep moving her around. On Fridays, the interns are all gathered together for team building and other activities. Perry becomes part of the team that includes her school friend Shense Jackson, a 16-year-old single mother, her childhood friend Lucas, and new-boy-in town Erik. They name themselves Team Misfit Toys.
There's a lot going on in this mystery which includes a murder and a heist of bones gathered by a local non-Native landowner and an encounter with the man who is kidnapping native women in their area. I found the whole story fascinating and compelling. I couldn't put the story down and, when I did have to do other things, I was still thinking about the events of the story. I highly recommend this book.
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LibraryThing member sennebec
I thought topping Firekeeper's Daughter would be difficult, but I was wrong, very wrong. This book was so good, I deliberately held back from reading the last few chapters so I could savor the ending. Most of us want a book to entertain us. When it does that and then immerses us in a world of
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highly relatable characters it's even better. But, when it does both and THEN makes us aware of an aspect of history we're probably not familiar with, or didn't understand its magnitude, and does so in such a way that we 'get' it, that's a rare and superb accomplishment. Perry is a terrific flawed protagonist and she's supported by an amazing group of characters. This is a book where there's a mystery, but the historical aspects, and the interweaving of the players are equally compelling aspects. I sure hope the author continues writing because I'll read anything she creates. Show Less
LibraryThing member RandyMorgan
After an automobile accident, Perry Firekeeper- Birch is indebted to Auntie Daunis. To pay the debt, she participates in an internship. Perry’s supervisor took her to a meeting at the local university. Here she learned about the remains of an ancestor being stored in the museum archines under the
Angeline Boulley navigates sensitive topics of kidnapping, cultural appropriation, colonization, violence, murder, drug use, and police brutality. Perry is a firecracker of a character who evolves into a young woman through her dance between right and wrong. Perry has several friendships who support her and help her toe the lines of the law. Topics touched on in Warrior Girl Unearthed can be heavy, though there is a lot of fun and enjoyment of things like friendships, romance, and family.
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title “Warrior Girl.” Perry is dedicated to bringing the Warrior Girl’s remains home, no matter the cost. Angeline Boulley navigates sensitive topics of kidnapping, cultural appropriation, colonization, violence, murder, drug use, and police brutality. Perry is a firecracker of a character who evolves into a young woman through her dance between right and wrong. Perry has several friendships who support her and help her toe the lines of the law. Topics touched on in Warrior Girl Unearthed can be heavy, though there is a lot of fun and enjoyment of things like friendships, romance, and family.
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LibraryThing member ewyatt
As soon as I saw Boulley had another book out, I knew I wanted to read it. This book centers on Perry. She and her twin sister Pauline call Daunis (from Firekeeper's Daughter) their auntie and this book also takes place on Sugar Island. Summer means internships and the sisters are involved in a
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tribal program. It is here that Perry comes in contact with a local college's anthropology department and their stockpile of cultural artifacts. Perry gets an education about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). She balances learning the process of following the act and taking matters for justice into her own hands. She's clever, outspoken and determined. Several plot lines connect to explore issues in the indigenous community - exploitation of girls & women, deaths of Black men at the hands of the police, and the attempt at preserving and valuing culture. A compelling read. Show Less
LibraryThing member bell7
Perry Firekeeper-Birch wasn't planning on being an intern in the tribal summer program like her twin, Pauline, but when she crashes the Jeep their Auntie Daunis gave them for their 16th birthday, this is how she's paying back the repairs. She's assigned to Cooper, a man who runs the tribal museum
This novel tackles a lot: not just the history of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, but also the indigenous girls and women who go missing, and the ways in which laws about jurisdiction on tribal land can be twisted to mean rape goes unprosecuted and unpunished. Perry is a great character, passionate and as impatient as you might expect a teenager to be with Cooper's steady, by-the-book progress in fighting for the return of indigenous bodies and artifacts. The plot, in my mind, wasn't as clear and easy to follow as [Firekeeper's Daughter], but the end brought the various threads together in a satisfying way.
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and who is a bit quirky, and she soon learns about the local college's archival collection of indigenous bodies and burial artifacts. She promises to bring the one known as Warrior Girl back to Sugar Island for a proper burial.This novel tackles a lot: not just the history of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, but also the indigenous girls and women who go missing, and the ways in which laws about jurisdiction on tribal land can be twisted to mean rape goes unprosecuted and unpunished. Perry is a great character, passionate and as impatient as you might expect a teenager to be with Cooper's steady, by-the-book progress in fighting for the return of indigenous bodies and artifacts. The plot, in my mind, wasn't as clear and easy to follow as [Firekeeper's Daughter], but the end brought the various threads together in a satisfying way.
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LibraryThing member quondame
Parry is the less academic twin and wants to spend the summer before her Junior year in high school fishing, but bears crossing the road while she is speeding a bit put her in need of some money and her aunt, the MC in Firekeeper's Daughter, has assumed the loan and arraigned for her to work in the
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Tribal Museum. It's not what she wants, but it seems a good fit even if the local college's retention and neglect of tribal relicts and remains is emotionally distressing. Navigating the worlds of the adults running the summer program, the fellow interns, and the divide between the tribal and external parts of her environment offer plenty of challenges. And dangers can come from any one of them. Show Less
LibraryThing member oldandnewbooksmell
After a bear and her cub cause Perry Firekeeper-Birch to get into a fender bender with a metal gate, she’s had to kiss her chilled out Summer of Slack goodbye in order to pay her Auntie Daunis back for the repairs. Now, she’s working in The Kinomage program, at the museum with Cooper Turtle.
While working with Cooper Turtle, Perry attends a meeting at a local university where she meets the “Warrior Girl”, an ancestor whose bones and knife are stored in the museum archives. After finding out how her ancestors are treated, Perry is determined to help return Warrior Girl to her tribe. She learns everything she can about NAGPRA, the federal law that allows tribes to request the return of ancestral remains and sacred items. The law was passed back in 1990 and museums all over the United States have found legal loopholes to hold onto remains like Warrior Girl and others. The college has twelve other Anishinaabe ancestors’ remains and Team Misfit Toys are determined to bring them home through a heist.
I absolutely adored Firekepper’s Daughter and am constantly recommending it. This book is no different. This is another powerful and beautifully written story that really focuses on the injustices that happen within the Indigenous Communities both here in the United States and around the world. I always learn so much reading these books. Like, I know America has a horrible relationship with Indigenous and Native tribes, but to hear just how badly and cruel museums are handling the NAGPRA is so horribly sad. This book is set in 2014 and talks about how long it was taking museums to do something that was issued into law 20 years ago - it’s over 30 now and it’s probably not any better.
Perry is a bit impulsive and immature, but so works so well for this story. She loves her community and culture so much and will do everything she can for them. Perry grows so much in this story and I adore her so much.
This book is a 10 year follow up to Firekeeper’s Daughter but could totally be a stand alone too. Though I would highly recommend reading both because you really get the depth to the community, history, characters, and practices mentioned.
*Thank you NetGalley and Henry Holt and Co for a digital advance copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review
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It’s not all bad though, she’s with the other outcasts in the group, Team Misfit Toys. Together they ace obstacle courses, plan vigils for missing women in the community, and make sure summer can still be fun.While working with Cooper Turtle, Perry attends a meeting at a local university where she meets the “Warrior Girl”, an ancestor whose bones and knife are stored in the museum archives. After finding out how her ancestors are treated, Perry is determined to help return Warrior Girl to her tribe. She learns everything she can about NAGPRA, the federal law that allows tribes to request the return of ancestral remains and sacred items. The law was passed back in 1990 and museums all over the United States have found legal loopholes to hold onto remains like Warrior Girl and others. The college has twelve other Anishinaabe ancestors’ remains and Team Misfit Toys are determined to bring them home through a heist.
I absolutely adored Firekepper’s Daughter and am constantly recommending it. This book is no different. This is another powerful and beautifully written story that really focuses on the injustices that happen within the Indigenous Communities both here in the United States and around the world. I always learn so much reading these books. Like, I know America has a horrible relationship with Indigenous and Native tribes, but to hear just how badly and cruel museums are handling the NAGPRA is so horribly sad. This book is set in 2014 and talks about how long it was taking museums to do something that was issued into law 20 years ago - it’s over 30 now and it’s probably not any better.
Perry is a bit impulsive and immature, but so works so well for this story. She loves her community and culture so much and will do everything she can for them. Perry grows so much in this story and I adore her so much.
This book is a 10 year follow up to Firekeeper’s Daughter but could totally be a stand alone too. Though I would highly recommend reading both because you really get the depth to the community, history, characters, and practices mentioned.
*Thank you NetGalley and Henry Holt and Co for a digital advance copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review
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LibraryThing member decaturmamaof2
Great story.
Enraging information about how indigenous artifacts and human remains are mistreated
Enraging information about how indigenous artifacts and human remains are mistreated
LibraryThing member DKnight0918
A wonderful sequel. At times it was hard to read due to the subject matter.
LibraryThing member BarnesBookshelf
Another phenomenal book by Boulley. I loved watching Perry go from dreading work to working so hard for her community, both past and present. I will admit, I kept waiting for things to go wrong, and the suspense was worth it. I also loved how this was a quasi sequle to Firekeeper's Daughter, but
Also, my brain kept calling this book "Warrior Girl Unleashed", which I think still fits the story and Perry pretty well.
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also worked as a standalone. I hope Boulley keeps returning readers to Sugar Island and raising such important awareness. Also, my brain kept calling this book "Warrior Girl Unleashed", which I think still fits the story and Perry pretty well.
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LibraryThing member Treebeard_404
Even better than Boulley's previous YA novel. I appreciate the glimpse inside modern Anishinaabe culture. Miigwech.
LibraryThing member patl
There's been a lot of well-deserved buzz from the first book in this series, and some more mixed reviews on this one. So I'll post my opinion :)
Compared to Firekeeper's Daughter, this story has fewer characters and less well developed characters in general. This story is set essentially in the next
But on the plus side, a deep look at MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous) and at the problems of repatriation of remains and artifacts with a lot of references to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) legislation. It could be heavy-handed, but it's not - you learn about these realities through the eyes of a main character, and the story is central to the plot without being clunky.
I learned a lot - a sneaky amount, given that I follow some of those issues already - and it was all still wrapped up in a YA adventure-ish format.
Both are great as audiobooks, too.
Compared to Firekeeper's Daughter, this story has fewer characters and less well developed characters in general. This story is set essentially in the next
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generation after the first book, and main characters from the first book are background characters in this one. This story has a similar kind of story pacing. But on the plus side, a deep look at MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous) and at the problems of repatriation of remains and artifacts with a lot of references to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) legislation. It could be heavy-handed, but it's not - you learn about these realities through the eyes of a main character, and the story is central to the plot without being clunky.
I learned a lot - a sneaky amount, given that I follow some of those issues already - and it was all still wrapped up in a YA adventure-ish format.
Both are great as audiobooks, too.
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ISBN
1250766583 / 9781250766588