Warrior Girl Unearthed
2023
Ratings8
Average rating4.5
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Ratings8
Average rating4.5
#1 New York Times bestselling author Angeline Boulley takes us back into the world of Firekeeper's Daughter in this high-stakes mystery about the power of discovering your stolen history. 16-year-old Perry Firekeeper-Birch has every intention of quitting her internship. Being stuck in a museum was never part of her lazy summer plans, but her no-nonsense Aunt Daunis had other ideas. Everything changes when Perry meets ‘Warrior Girl’, a Native American ancestor whose bones are locked away in the local university’s archives. Perry’s rebellious spark becomes a righteous blaze, and she will do whatever it takes to bring ‘Warrior Girl’ home – where she belongs. Taking matters into her own hands, she plots a daring heist with a bunch of misfits. But this uncovers much bigger secrets that Perry and her friends must set right – before their ancestors are lost forever.
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Angeline Boulley manages to break my heart and make me angry at the same time. This book is so good! The reality of NAGPRAs failures as well as the mystery of women disappearing is compelling and heart breaking and enraging. Just read it, buy it, love it.
Really enjoyed this. Daunis Firekeeper and Perry Firekeeper-Birch are an amazing auntie-niece pair across this and Firekeeper's Daughter. Perry is smart and sassy and impetuous and loving, and there are so many excellent parts (like her complicated relationship with twin sister Pauline). 4 stars instead of 4.5 because I wanted a little more of the cute love story, and the end felt like it had one plot twist too many. Will read whatever Boulley writes next! Plus, loved the detail that she was inspired to write this by a tweet from Sarah C. Montoya: "movie idea: laura croft but she's native and returning artifacts that meuseums stole." Yes yes yes!
I was originally going to write something here about my desire to be an anthropologist and my competing desire to respect other people's cultures, but that ending...I can't stop thinking about it
