Cherie Dimaline publishing sequel to The Marrow Thieves in fall 2021

Cherie Dimaline is publishingHunting by Stars,a follow-up to her bestselling and award-winning YA novelThe Marrow Thieves, inOctober 2021.

The Georgian Bay Mtis writer made the announcement on her Instagram page, with the caption:"The next step in the resistance."

Hunting by Starswill take place in the world ofThe Marrow Thieves,a post-apocalyptic North America whereonly Indigenous people have the ability to dream. Residential schools are re-established to capture and hold Indigenous people, and search for the secrets to dreaming in their bones.

Hunting by Starspicks up on 17-year-old French, who wakes up in a pitch-black room. InThe Marrow Thieves,Frenchlost his family to the residential schools and found a new family to travel with, while dodging the "Recruiters."

• The message YA novelist Cherie Dimaline has for young Indigenous readers

Hunting by Starswill be one of the most anticipated books of the fall.

The Marrow Thieves Trailer

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Canada Reads trailer for Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves.

The Marrow Thieveswon the KirkusPrize in the U.S., theGovernor General's Literary Awardfor young people's literature text, theCODE Burt Award for Indigenous young adult literatureand theyoung adult category of the Sunburst AwardforExcellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.

The YA novel was the#1 bestselling Canadian book in the country's independent bookstores in 2018. It was also defended by singer Jully Black on Canada Reads 2018.

It has sold more than 100,000 copies in Canadaand is currently being adapted into a TV series.

• How Cherie Dimaline found hope in a dystopian future

"I wanted Indigenous readers to feel strong and powerful. I wanted them to see a narrative that actually is reminiscent of my own understanding of being an Indigenous person: That no matter what happens, you always belong to our land, we're always going to belong to each other and we'll seek each other out,"Dimaline told CBC Books in 2018, when The Marrow Thieves was published.

"I wanted to break down some of the isolation that Indigenous youth might feel. To feel like they belong. To know that they belong to a larger community and they're loved."

Dimaline's other books includeEmpire of Wild, Red Rooms, A Gentle HabitandThe Girl Who Grew a Galaxy.