The Moth Dreamer

Gr 10 Up–Sixteen-year-old Aubrey loves spending summers with her family at their ancestral home. Yet, when she sees a vision of her cousin’s death while they are hiking, she is not sure what to do. When her vision comes true, Aubrey is wracked with guilt and confused at what is happening to her. The visions do not stop when she and her family return home. Instead, she starts to have visions about people close to her, and a mysterious Trickster visits her dreams with messages she doesn’t understand. As Aubrey starts her junior year in high school and meets the new boy, Jac, even her growing relationship with him can’t stop the guilt she feels about her visions. Through talking with tribal elders; trusting her Kokum, who is a strong Anishinaabe medicine woman; and opening up to her friends, Aubrey harnesses her powers and tames the Trickster who is haunting her. Farrell combines Anishinaabe traditions and language throughout, engaging readers with Indigenous culture and spiritual practices. However, the characters are not always well developed, and the narrative is rushed at times