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Frenchie's Coming-To Story, The Fire, Story Part One, and Magic Words

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Dimaline, Cherie. The Marrow Thieves. Cormorant Books, 2017. E-book.

• A chapter called Frenchie’s Coming-To Story begins on page 6.

• Events are presented from the perspective of Frenchie, whose legal name is Francis.

• Since their father disappeared and their mother died, Frenchie and his brother Mitch have been on the run.

• They have now been staying in a treehouse together for three days in hopes of eluding the Recruiters, also referred to as truant officers.

• The Recruiters hunt Indigenous people in hopes of extracting their marrow.

• They use whistles that hang by white cords around their necks.

• The Recruiters’ uniforms contain a logo that states “Government of Canada” (10).

• Mitch searches the kitchen again and emerges triumphantly with a bag of chips in his hand.

• The boys...

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