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The marrow thieves

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2018

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Format:	Book
Author:	Dimaline, Cherie, 1975- author
Title:	The marrow thieves / Cherie Dimaline.
Publisher, Date:	Toronto, Ontario : Dancing Cat Books, [2018]. ©2017
Description:	234 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:	Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden - but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves.
Subjects:	Procurement of organs, tissues, etc -- Fiction Bone marrow -- Fiction Climatic changes -- Fiction Global warming -- Fiction Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Fiction Dreams -- Fiction Young adult fiction Canadian fiction
Genre:	Science fiction Apocalyptic fiction
Notes:	A previous verson of "Frenchie's coming-to story" was originally published by Theytus Editions ©2016. Canada Reads 2018 selection. Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards for Young People's Literature - Text. Nominated for the Pacific Northwest Library Association 2020 Young Readers' Choice Award for Senior Division (Grades 10-12). Amnesty International Book Club Pick for September/October 2019.
LCCN:	2016945346
ISBN:	9781770864863 (softcover)
System Availability:	84
Current Holds:	2
# Local items:	84
Control Number:	1509025
Course Reserves:	0
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