Hunting by Stars: (A Marrow Thieves Novel)

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe thrilling follow-up to the bestselling, award-winning novel The Marrow Thieves, about a dystopian world where the Indigenous people of North America are being hunted for their bone marrow and ability to dream.Years ago, when plaguesand natural disasters killed millions of people, muchof the world stopped dreaming.Without dreams, people arehaunted, sick, mad, unable to rebuild.The government soon findsthat the Indigenous people of North America have retained their dreams, an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones. Soon, residential schools pop up¡ªor are re-opened¡ªacross the land to bring in the dreamers and harvest their dreams.Seventeen-year-old French lost his family to theseschools and has spent the years since headingnorth with his new found family:a group of other dreamers, who,like him, are trying to build and thrive as a community. But then French wakes up in a pitch-black room, locked in and alone for the first time in years, and he knows immediately where he is¡ªandwhat it will take to escape.Meanwhile,outin the world, his found family searches for him and dodges new dangers¡ªschool Recruiters, a blood cult, even the land itself. When their paths finally collide, French must decide how far he is willing to go¡ªand how many loved ones is he willing to betray¡ªin order to survive. This engrossing, action-packed, deftly-drawn novel expands on the world of Cherie Dimaline¡¯s award-winning The Marrow Thieves, and it will haunt readers long after they¡¯ve turned the final page.