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The Marrow Thieves

The Marrow Thieves (2017)

234 pages 2.4/5 Goodreads

In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's Indigenous people, and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow, and with it the dreams, means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a fifteen-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones and take refuge from the "recruiters" who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing "factories."

Author: Cherie Dimaline

ISBN: 9781770864863

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Racial slurs / racism (depicted)

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a parent Forced institutionalization

Other

Genocide / ethnic cleansing Kidnapping / abduction

Violence & Physical Harm

Gore / graphic violence
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