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An excellent book club kit! Highly recommended for facilitating in depth discussion around the book and its themes. Looking forward to using this one with my book club soon. We Are Bookish always has amazing and immersive reading kits to enhance reading experience!

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This book club kit is fantastic! So much here to add to the reading experience! The interview always provides a little insight into the book, I especially loved the recommendations for further reading and the indigenous resources at the end. The book club questions are great to connect readers together in discussion! The printable bookmarks are fun too!

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Fun little book club kit. Beautiful bookmarks. Thought-provoking questions and authors interview included giving some backstory to the book.

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This book club kit contains everything I could wish for! I especially enjoyed the author interview, the bookmarks and the suggestions for more books to read by indigenous authors (with both covers and blurbs!), And of course the absolutely gorgeous illustrations by the same artist that illustrated the book cover.

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This book was incredibly readable, and informative without being "preachy". I loved the sense of place and the flawed characters, both heroic and villainous. The only element I didn't enjoy was in the final phase of the book it seemed Boulley decided to have so many of the characters be involved as "bad guys", which felt very dark in an already dark story.

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What a great resource to discuss this book. I love Angeline Boulley's Firekeeper's Daughter and this kit provided a great set of questions to think about new aspects of it I may not have thought of before.

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I still think about this book constantly, and know it would make a fabulous book club pick. This is a wonderful guide to having a great book club meeting!

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This was very helpful for our bookclub read. The questions helped with the discussion and was nice to get more background

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If you’re reading Firekeeper’s Daughter, you need this. It’s not just a print and go situation. It’s layered, intentional, and deeply rooted in the themes that make the book so powerful.

You get everything from beautifully designed bookmarks (with Indigenous artwork!) to thoughtful discussion questions that don’t feel like homework. There’s a whole section with resources and support lines for folks who might be affected by some of the heavier topics in the book, which I thought was incredibly respectful and needed. And the author interview? Gold.

There’s care in every page of this kit, and it shows. It doesn’t shy away from hard topics, but it also gives you the tools to talk about them.

Whether you're reading solo or doing this with a group, this kit adds depth, context, and heart to the experience. Loved it.

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This kit is great. Helps with the talking points, book clubs, and social media platforms. I highly recommend if you need it.

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This kit was great. It has a little of everything to help you understand and discuss the book deeper.

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This is a really nice guide. The discussion questions are great and I really enjoy reading the author interview. The resources and additional recommendations at the end are great! Thank you so much!

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I was gifted this book by a friend and haven’t picked it up yet, but this adorable book club kit got me excited to do so. Includes a letter to the reader, author interview, printable bookmarks, book club discussion guide, book suggestions for other Indigenous authors, resources to support that help Indigenous communities, and trauma survivors resources. Only other thing that would have been maybe nice to see (my husband and children are Métis Cree) would be a recipe, but I can also empathize how some Indigenous recipes are sacred and the potential concern for cultural appropriation.

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What a great book club kit!

I enjoyed the warning labels, author Q&A and the suggestions for what to read next including a list of the author's additional books.
Great guide! Will definitely use this for an upcoming book club discussion.

The printable book marks, and info on how to support indigenous communities were great additions to this kit!

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This is one of the most well-rounded and respectful book club kits I’ve encountered. It goes far beyond discussion questions to provide real context, care, and connection for readers engaging with Firekeeper’s Daughter.

The author letter and interview offered powerful insight into Angeline Boulley’s inspiration, process, and hopes for the story. It was a moving reminder of how deeply personal and culturally rooted this novel is. The discussion guide was strong—thoughtful and nuanced without being overly academic, making it easy for our group to explore the book’s emotional weight, themes of identity, justice, and trauma.

The inclusion of content warnings and mental health and domestic violence resources was deeply appreciated. These show a clear respect for readers' well-being and are essential when discussing a novel that deals with heavy, real-world issues.

The printable bookmarks were a nice creative touch, and the “Indigenous authors to read next” list was a great resource for continuing important conversations around Native storytelling and representation. We also appreciated the additional ways to support Indigenous communities—it made the kit feel both reflective and action-oriented.

This kit is not only a discussion tool but also an invitation to engage more ethically and thoughtfully with the book’s subject matter and real-world implications. I highly recommend it for book clubs, educators, and community reading groups.

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I was curious as to what this would have in it to possibly recommend to our English teachers but it is not worth it.

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Great tool for bookclubs, it even general template for book discussions! Especially creative tool for beginners to focus on the areas of discussions that are new t o the book community

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-I enjoyed the author interview. It gave such an insight into the inspiration for the book and the author's cultural connection to the content.
-The printable bookmarks were pretty and included meaningful quotes from the book.
-The discussion questions were though-provoking and open-ended. Perfect for a book club setting.

-Food and drink is such an important part of culture. It would have been nice to have food and drink ideas be included in this book club kit.

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Thank you again for thinking of the mental emotional and spiritual wellness of the readers in my book club. Although we discuss these topics as they emerge organically in the books, having these pages on hand and on the side table with the other suggested reads offers a wonderful way to extend our discussions and support one another.

Again, thank you

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Such a helpful resource! I love Firekeeper's Daughter (and the sequel) so much, and I cannot wait to share it with my book club.

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