Wow! This is Angeline Boulley's best book yet! I am a big fan of her previous two books, which are also geared toward a young adult audience, but this is the first one that I felt I could hand to most kids. The others are so very important and well written, but also so large. This one is a manageable length yet does not lose any of the important historical and modern connections to Indigenous people. It follows a young girl Lucy whose father dies when she is in high school; she enters the foster system, and you read--out of order--some of her experiences in the present and in different foster settings. Lucy learns she is Ojibwe and encounters people who are trying to help her through some events that have been ongoing in her life tied to events throughout her whole life. The story is told out of order in a way that lets you follow along but also gives just enough details to keep you hooked. It is a true mystery book, but also a coming of age story, and one in which readers will continue to learn more about many of the issues that indigenous families--especially women--have been dealing with in US history. I highly recommend this for all high school libraries! Thank you to Net Galley and the publishers for this ARC.

Five stars as always. Angeline Boulley can actually do no wrong. This is my new favorite of her works. 🖤

Thanks for the review copy. I have pre-ordered a copy as well. This is another must-read book. I learned a lot about the foster care system. This one is hard to read at times because of the subject matter.

4. I will read everything this author writes. The writing here is so good! It makes it easy to fall into the story, which is multidimensional and rich. I love the way hope and harsh reality work together in all of these books, but especially this one. The technique of moving forward and backwards in time could be confusing to some, but it makes the experience more real. We don’t discover things in sequential order in life, and this story has so many layers. I love our main character. She’s fierce and smart, I rooted for her right away. I’m still reeling from the ending though. I’m really not sure how I feel about it, but SO surprising. You have to read this one.

As we make our way back into this world with Daunis and now Lucy.
We find out a lot of Lucy's past as she is trying to face her uncertain future.
Daunis wants to protect her and bring her into the family, but Lucy is still running from some things in her past..
With the same beautiful writing and looks into Indigenous culture, Boulley transfers us back to this land again and into these characters hearts.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC.

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This was a really moving book that touches on some really important topics. I liked the structure of jumping back in time and also telling parts from the present.

Sisters in the Wind introduces new characters and brings back beloved former characters. While it is not the book I expected, as with all of Angeline Boulley's books, it is a wonderful read. It does not shy away from the darker side of life while still giving hope for the future.

From the world of The Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed comes a new YA mystery by @angelineboulley
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Lucy has been a part of the foster care system for the last five years, ever since her father died and her stepmom turned out to be someone very different than she led them to believe. One day when she’s waitressing a man and woman show up to say they want to look after Lucy. They also share that Lucy’s father was Ojibwe and she has siblings and a grandmother who wants her live with her. In addition to this revolutionary bombshell Lucy also realizes someone is following her and she wonders if it’s all connected somehow.
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Boulley does an amazing job, as always, highlighting past and current atrocities and history of Indigenous Peoples’. This book specifically discusses the foster care system and stolen Native children, something that is still such a shock for me to have learned about not that long ago. We need more books like this to bring light to issues we don’t hear enough about. This novel releases September 2!

CW: sexual harassment, religious bigotry, misogyny, sexism, death, generational trauma, stalking, foster care, missing people, kidnapping

I just can't love these like others do and it really bothers me! 3.5 stars

Well, I didn’t see any of that coming. I was confused a bit toward the end of the book about how l the perpetrators were tied together, and I would have liked a little more explanation about how the criminal activity came to take place, but that doesn’t take away from my love of the book.

This was a really great and meaningful young adult read. The storyline was really moving, and stayed in my mind after finishing the book.

Sisters in the Wind is about Lucy Smith, an 18-year-old who discovers her Ojibwe identity from a lawyer who has been trying to find her because of his own personal connection to her family. Told through dual timelines, the reader unravels Lucy's past in the flawed foster care system while also witnessing how it haunts her present. The book also explores how Lucy reconnects with her Ojibwe identity after being told or forced to deny it for most of her life. Like other Angeline Boulley books, the story is interwoven with brief lessons about the United States' laws (both historical and current) governing Native American affairs and the ways in which they systemically fail to serve the community. Fans of Firekeeper's Daughter (and especially Jamie and Daunis) will also enjoy how this book delves deeper into what their relationship has become after the events of Firekeeper's Daughter.

Sisters in the Wind follows Lucy - who has recently aged out of the foster care system and is being pursued by her past - after an accident leaves her in the care of Mr. Jameson and his companion, Lucy learns more about her maternal family and the past that was hidden from her.