Firekeeper's Daughter

1. General Impressions

Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

• What did you find most interesting about Boulley’s portrayal of Daunis’s cultural heritage? How did your familiarity or lack of familiarity with these cultures impact your enjoyment of the story?
• Daunis’s story does not have a completely happy ending. Would you have enjoyed the story more or less if Boulley had chosen a more upbeat ending? How might a more classically happy ending have impacted your understanding of the story’s themes?
• Have you read Angeline Boulley’s 2023 novel Warrior Girl Unearthed? In what ways is this novel similar to and different from Firekeeper’s Daughter? What other works does this one remind you of?

2. Personal Reflection and Connection 

Encourage readers to connect the book’s themes and characters with their personal experiences.

• Daunis often feels torn between the two sides of her heritage. Feeling torn between loved ones’ opposing expectations is a fairly common experience. Would you have handled it the same way Daunis does? How have you seen similar situations play out in the lives of people you know?
• Daunis and Jamie develop strong feelings for one another during their work together. How did you feel about this relationship? Do their ages and the power imbalance bother you, or did Boulley construct the relationship in such a way that these things do not seem to matter?
• Daunis experiences repeated traumas, but in the end, she is able to maintain her focus on her health and her dreams of the future.