Firekeeper
Judith Pearson
, Amie Gaudet
, Katie Macalister
, Sarah Schwartz
, Andrea Pole
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Debra Meagher
, Sharon Forzley
, Claudie Léveillé
, Joseph Chirayil
, Sindi Nika
, Nicki D'Angelo
, Joe Mitchell
, Lisa Mallia
, Lynn Andrews
, Marilyn Stanley
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Hoda Montazeri
, Kate Rutter
, Julie M.
, Debra Meagher
, Janet Lee-Tobin
, Chantal Vulker
, Linda Leitch
, Andrea Gillespie
, Nicole Maxwell
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Cathy L Brown
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Ashley Raskovsky
, Deana Bueley
, Rita O'Sullivan
, Allison Dube
, Alicia Salyi
, Shannon Lee
, Stephen Pinder
, Jude Castillo
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Noelle Walsh
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Melissa Poremba
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Brittany Landry
, Ariane Béland
, Janice Cournoyer
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Patricia McKeown
, Robert Hykawy
, Christine Lion
, Derek Davidson
, M M English
, Christopher Evans
, Alanna King
, C. Ray
, Ellen Clarke
, sarah campbell
, Paula Ritchie
, Jane Graham
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Sara Conway
, Ken Gilmour
, Lynn Bechtel
, Kim Cappellina
, Benita Hartwell
, Randi Ann Doll
, Heather O'Connor
, Karen Nordrum
, cassandra schiemann
, diana kirkwood
, Sandra Furlotte
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Nyla has an affinity to fire. A neglected teen in a small northern town—trying to escape a mother battling her own terrors—she is kicked out and struggles through life on the streets. Desperate for love, Nyla accidentally sets fire to her ex’s building and is then incarcerated for arson. Through community-led diversion, Nyla finds herself on a reserve as their firekeeper. But when climate change–induced wildfires threaten her new home, she knows intimately how to fight back.
The fourth book from acclaimed writer Katłıà brings a Northern Indigenous perspective to the destructive effects of ongoing colonialism. Displaying Katłıà’s enthralling storytelling style, Firekeeper is a coming-of-age tale that addresses intergenerational trauma by reclaiming culture, belonging and identity.
Join Nyla on her healing journey through the fire to sacred waters.
