DAUGHTERS OF THE DEER

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- Emily Landau

Danielle Daniel

$24, PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE

WHO WROTE IT: Métis author Danielle Daniel is already a household name among bookish parents. She’s the writer and illustrator of several beloved children’s books, including Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox, which uses the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals to help kids identify with the natural world, and You Hold Me Up, an achingly tender picture book that encourages empathy and respect. Daughters of the Deer, her first novel for adults, is inspired by her own genealogy. Daniel is of Algonquin, Scottish and French background. One ancestor, a young biracial woman who was killed in the late 17th century near Trois-Rivières, provided the spark for this book.