I am pleased that one of my students recommended this book to me.
The Marrow Thieves is a hard book to read but also very necessary. This story follows a few young children and the journey to survive. Frenchy is the voice and life that is mostly depicted out of the books. Recruiters are coming to steal land, resources, and indigenous people. Frenchy like the other children he is traveling with has experienced immense loss.

They are very hesitant to interact with outsiders of the group and determined to stay together. They had to make some tough decisions to stay together and not get taken. They were running away from people who were trying to put them in schools. I kept thinking to myself about the atrocities and the horrific legacies of boarding schools in Canada and the United States. Similar to African nations who sold Africans to the white man, Indians were selling other Indians to the recruiters.

The book quoted "not every Indian is Indian." Similar to Amanda Seales when she stated: "Not all skinfolk is kinfolk." This book was a crippling truth that mirrored real life. This author did a wonderful job of depicting their truths. TW: There are notes of sexual and other times of violence in this book as well.