More Perfect Union Book Discussion: Fire Keeper's Daughter

Name: More Perfect Union Book Discussion: Fire Keeper's Daughter
Start: 2024-11-25T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-25T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 180 W Spring St, New Albany, IN, United States, Indiana 47150

Schedule

Mon Nov 25 2024 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

180 W Spring St, New Albany, IN, United States, Indiana 47150 | New Albany, IN

Join our A More Perfect Union Book Discussion with Social Services Leader, Payton Barger! This book discussion group is a chance to explore, learn and understand more about social topics that might be of interest to you. This month's book pick is Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. Free copies of the book (yours to keep) are available at Central Library's Upper Level Customer Service Desk for registered participants. Audiobooks and E-books are available on Libby through the Indiana Digital Library. Physical copies will be available one month prior. Registration is required. Coffee and snacks will be provided.

About the Book:
Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team.
Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.
Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source. But the search for truth is more complicated than Daunis imagined, exposing secrets and old scars. At the same time, she grows concerned with an investigation that seems more focused on punishing the offenders than protecting the victims.
Now, as the deceptions―and deaths―keep growing, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she’ll go for her community, even if it tears apart the only world she’s ever known.