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"Firekeeper's Daughter" author Angeline Boulley speaks at the Sterling Heights library Nov. 5; residents register first
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — Angeline Boulley, the Michigan author of the bestselling young adult thriller "Firekeeper's Daughter," will speak at the Sterling Heights Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 5.
"An Evening with Author Angeline Boulley: Celebrating Native American Voices" starts at 6 p.m. at the library, 40255 Dodge Park Road. It is free, but registration is required.
Sterling Heights residents can register first, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Oct. 29. Any remaining seats open to everyone on Oct. 30. Registration is through the library's events page or by phone at 586-446-2642.
Boulley is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. "Firekeeper's Daughter," published in 2021, follows a teenager in Michigan's Upper Peninsula who goes undercover in an FBI investigation into a deadly new drug. It won the American Library Association's Printz and Morris awards. Her second novel, "Warrior Girl Unearthed," came out in 2023.
The library is working with Sidetrack Books, which is taking orders for signed copies through Nov. 1, according to the library.
November is Native American Heritage Month.
Sources:
Sterling Heights Public Library, “Events & Bookings,” https://sterling-heights.events.mylibrary.digital/
City of Sterling Heights, “News Flash,” https://www.sterlingheights.gov/m/newsflash/Home
American Library Association, “Michael L. Printz Award winners,” https://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz-award
Photo: Frypie, “Angeline Boulley, 5204048.jpg,” May 20, 2023, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and color-adjusted, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angeline_Boulley,_5204048.jpg
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