#46 in Young adult
Firekeeper's Daughter
- 494
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Michael L. Printz Award
- William C. Morris Award
- Goodreads Choice Awards
- Walter Dean Myers Award
- Michigan Notable Books
- Reese's Book Club
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Our view
“Firekeeper’s Daughter” is a young-adult thriller that earns its tension through character and community as much as plot. Daunis is an impulsive, imperfect and wholly believable heroine, and the traditions she lives among are drawn with care; some readers are brought to tears. The revelations gather speed late in its nearly five hundred pages, though some find the final stretch before the ending slower.
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About the book
Firekeeper's Daughter is a young adult novel by Angeline Boulley, published March 16, 2021, by Henry Holt and Co. The book is a New York Times best seller and won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2022. The sequel, Warrior Girl Unearthed, was published in 2023.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 301 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 67% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 301 | 100% |
Frequently asked
What age is Firekeeper's Daughter for?
Firekeeper's Daughter sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 494 pages — longer than 66% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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