- Publisher : Rock the Boat (1 April 2021) Language : English Hardcover : 496 pages ISBN-10 : 1786079046 ISBN-13 : 978-1786079046 Reading age : 12 years and up Item Weight : 590 g Dimensions : 13.5 x 4 x 21.6 cm
A Time magazine pick for Best YA of All Time Soon to be a Netflix series with the Obamas’ Higher Ground Production Company Reese Witherspoon YA book club pick An instant no. 1 New York Times Bestseller ‘Raw and moving’ Cosmopolitan ‘A story that grips like a bulldog clip on your heart’ Katherine Rundell, author of The Good Thieves ‘Thrilling and heartwrenching’ Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of Stars ‘A swift-paced, compelling thriller’ Guardian Keep the Secret. Live the Lie. Earn your Truth. For fans of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange comes a ground-breaking YA thriller about a Native American teen who must root out the corruption in her community Eighteen-year-old Daunis’s mixed heritage has always made her feel like an outsider, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. When she witnesses a shocking murder, she reluctantly agrees to be part of a covert FBI operation into a series of drug-related deaths. But the deceptions – and deaths – keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home. Now Daunis must decide what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she’ll go to protect her community, even if it tears apart the only world she’s ever known.
