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Science Fiction & Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:NATIONAL BESTSELLER The thrilling follow-up to the bestselling, award-winning novel The Marrow Thieves, about a dystopian world where the Indigenous people of North America are being hunted for their bone marrow and ability to dream. 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 re-opened�??across the land to bring in the dreamers and harvest their dreams. Seventeen-year-old French lost his family to these schools and has spent the years since heading north with his new found 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. 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. This engrossing, action-packed, deftly-drawn novel expands on the world of Cherie Dimaline�??s award-winning The Marrow Thieves, and it will haunt readers long after they�??v… (more)
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In the not so distant future, a plague and natural disasters have decimated the world - and erased the ability to dream. Without dreams
Seventeen year old French and his family have been on the run for years, hiding in the forests, determined to build their community, keep their language - and stay out of the hands of the Recruiters. But a single slip finds French in a cement walled unlit room - and he knows where he is...
There is a large cast of characters, with some being lost and some being found along the way. I've become quite invested in everyone's story over the two books. We come to know the stories of many characters through their own words. I love the sense of community, the continuity, the loves, the losses, the hopes and yes, dreams. And what family is.
Dimaline's world building is believable, well described and easily imagined as I read.
I started Hunting by Stars on September 30th, which seemed very fitting as the day was the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. There are many levels to Hunting by Stars. It's a fabulous, suspense filled page turner that you won't be able to put down. But it's also a narrative on the horrific treatment of Indigenous people - fact, not fiction. Residential schools, horrific living conditions with no clean water, missing women on the Highway of Tears, racism and so much, much more.
Gut wrenchingly good - absolutely a five star read! Dimaline is a consummate storyteller. You'll want to read The Marrow Thieves first. I don't think this story is done - I'll be watching for the third book!