In Cloud of Bone, the horrifying tragedy of Shanawdithit, the last of Newfoundland's Beothuk people, oozes into the lives of Kyle Holloway, a WWII deserter, and Judith Muir, a present day anthropologist investigating genocide and war crimes who is mourning her husband's sudden death.

Their stories are so compelling that you cannot look away from Judith's grief, the bullying suffered by Kyle and the destruction of a misunderstood way of life. Weaving its way through this book is the spooky yet comforting power of the spirit world that ultimately connects us all. Where was this book when I was studying Canadian history?