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Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
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May 14, 2024 | ISBN 9780735265653

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Praise

A BookPage Most Anticipated YA Book of 2023
An Indigo Best Teen Book of the Year
One of Kirkus‘s Best Teen/YA of 2023

PRAISE FOR Funeral Songs for Dying Girls:


“Winifred is an engaging lead with an emotional and fulfilling journey. Artfully melding horror, deadpan humor, and an impossible romance, this well-crafted narrative from Dimaline follows lived-in characters who are tortured by grief. Atmospheric, intimate, and melodic; the rich storytelling sings.” —STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews

“[A] story of healing. Dimaline has created a rich world of complex characters with a narrative that oscillates from love story to suspense-thriller — sometimes within the same chapter — without any tonal whiplash. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls is a complex exploration of grief, family, and love that will appeal to teens and adults alike.” —STARRED REVIEW, Quill & Quire

“Contemplative prose excels in its portrayal of a reclusive protagonist longing for connection and overcoming grief while living in a neighborhood that shuns her for perceived shortcomings, presenting a textured narrative about loss and love.” —Publishers Weekly

“This lyrical ghost story portrays how a bond between two girls — one living, one not — transforms the grief that roots them both in place. . . . Wrenching and poignant, Funeral Songs for Dying Girls is a haunting tale about what it means to search for home — not the place, but the feeling you carry with you.” —BookPage

“Dimaline’s intense, bittersweet, and often funny novel is more than a ghost story. Extended portions about the life and death of Phil, a sympathetically rendered ghost character who becomes one of Winifred’s first loves, allude to the real-life neglected epidemic of MMIWG2S (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People). Through this novel, Dimaline honors those lost.” —The Horn Book

“With beautiful, biting prose, Dimaline’s tale of loss and love will challenge its readers to consider how the past can haunt the present if we let it.” —CM: Canadian Review of Materials

“Winifred’s narration is startling in its honesty . . . and the result is a deep intimacy that is warm but melancholy.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

“[A] literary journey that explores grief, identity, family, and isolation through the lens of a lonely and independent 16-year-old girl. . . . Dimaline’s writing is lyrical and haunting.” —Pine Reads Review

“In Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, the author’s eerie, beautiful prose transports the reader into an enticing world of loss, where storytelling is represented as cathartic and central to the quest to find oneself.” Global Literature In Libraries Initiative

Awards

The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence – Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book WINNER 2024

White Pine Award NOMINEE 2023

Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices SELECTION 2024

OLA Best Bets for Young Adult Fiction SELECTION

AILA – American Indian Youth Literature Award HONOR

Aurora Award – Best YA Novel SHORTLIST 2024

Bram Stoker Awards SHORTLIST 2023

Snow Willow Award SHORTLIST 2024

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