Hunting by Stars

Praise

A Kobo “Top 20 of 2021” book of the year
An Indigo Best Teen Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book (2021)
An NPR Best Book of 2021
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick
A CBC Books Bestseller
The Cityline Book Club Pick for December 2021

“Lush, devastating, and hope-filled novel. . . . The action never lets up and is inextricably intertwined with the personal and community histories of the diverse characters who band together from various nations. Dimaline paints a nightmarish world that is too easy to imagine; it will haunt readers long after they turn the final page.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“Dimaline has created vivid characters who propel a suspenseful and atmospheric story that boldly brings past, and ongoing, darkness to light.” ―Booklist

“The brutal realities faced by French in the residential school will leave readers thinking about what Indigenous people endured in the residential schools of the past. The idea of storytelling and the importance of realizing that the past and present are interwoven is beautifully conveyed and will keep readers anxious for what comes next.” ―School Library Journal

“A harrowing glimpse into a future all the more chilling because it’s rooted in history. Our marrow holds many stories. The best ones are of love, hope, and resistance. Miigwech to Cherie Dimaline for this story! Hunting by Stars is a revelatory must read.” ―Angeline Boulley, New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper’s Daughter

“Spellbinding. Straight from the heart of resilience — Dimaline shows how Indigenous people hold on to dreams even when trapped in nightmares.” ―Wab Kinew, bestselling author of The Reason You Walk and Walking in Two Worlds

“What a brilliant and utterly gripping book this is. Beautiful on a sentence level, kinetic, and possessed of a deep humanity. Cherie Dimaline is one of the finest worldbuilders working in fiction today, and here she has crafted something truly profound on the nature of survival, community, and the resurrective power of a story carried and told. To live up to the legacy of one of the best dystopian novels in recent memory is no small talk — Hunting by Stars does that and more.” ―Omar El Akkad, bestselling author of American War and What Strange Paradise

“Ultimately a hopeful ode to community, identity, and found family, Hunting By Stars is timely, powerful, and un-put-downable.” —YALSA

“. . . a breathtaking dystopian novel about prejudice and persistence.” —Foreword Reviews

“[A] darkly thrilling sequel to The Marrow Thieves [that] delves deeply into difficult questions about morality and asks what each of us would do to save ourselves.” —Young Adulting