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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."
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Is The Marrow Thieves appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
This dystopian novel contains moderate violence including pursuit, capture, and implied death of Indigenous people hunted for their bone marrow. Themes of genocide, cultural destruction, and medical exploitation require maturity.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include genocide, human trafficking, captivity, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be gripped by this intense survival story following a group of Indigenous refugees fighting to stay alive and free in a broken world.