Boulley, A. (2021). Fire Keeper’s Daughter. Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press.
Daunis Fontaine is a young girl who struggles with her cultural identity because she is
half Native American. Even Though she struggles with her identity, she is a very strong, smart
and athletic girl. Her life seemed to be all planned out,until her best friend Lily was murdered by
her drug addicted ex boyfriend. It was this incident that threw Daunis into a world of drugs
and undercover work. Ultimately discovering that her half brother Levi was involved in the
distribution of methamphetamines.
This novel contains elements of mystery and thriller. The mystery happens when Daunis,
Jamie and Ron try to figure out what happened to Daunis’ Uncle David and who was
distributing methamphetamine to the young people in her community. The novel has suspense
and thriller aspects. This happens when Daunis and Jamie were kidnapped and held in a tiny trailer.
The author also included many societal issues like: the use and distribution of drugs by teenagers,
sexual abuse (rape), sex and kidnapping.
The novel reminded me of a legend titled The Legend of the Lady Slipper.The author of this legend also used Native American language and used the translations of the words.
This made it easier for the readers to understand the text. The author of the novel Fire Keeper's
Daughter also used many Native American words with translations.
The strengths of this novel include the development of the character’s and it has many issues that people face everyday. The weakness of the novel was that the resolution of the plot was way too long. This happened when the author kept mentioning the little people and was trying to explain their place in the novel.
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