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The Marrow Thieves Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

The Marrow Thieves has a sequel, Hunting by Stars, which was published in 2021. It included recurring characters and themes from the original novel, continuing where it left off in the same dystopian world.

Others riveting dystopian novels by Indigenous authors include Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice, Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich, and Shadows Cast by Stars by Catherine Knutsson. These books contain overlapping themes with The Marrow Thieves, related to the social and political issues of Indigenous people.

It might be helpful to pair The Marrow Thieves with A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation...

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