Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden—but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves. Paperback. 2017. Dimaline, Cherie.
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The Marrow Thieves von Cherie Dimaline
Just when you think you have nothing left to lose, they come for your dreams. Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The Indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden - but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves. Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text)Winner of the 2017 Kirkus PrizeWinner of the 2018 Sunburst AwardWinner of the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book AwardWinner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature
This 30-question Figurative Language Worksheet has students reviewing the definitions of fifteen forms of figurative language (such as colloquialism, hyperbole, polysyndeton, idiom, and juxtaposition) and applying their knowledge as they identify which form is used in each of the given quotes from Cherie Dimaline's novel, "The Marrow Thieves." An answer key has been provided for easy evaluation. This is the third in a series of four "The Marrow Thieves: Figurative Language" worksheets, covering pages 118-170 in the novel.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER: A Globe and Mail and Toronto Star Bestseller "A remarkable life story. . . Angela Sterritt is a formidable storyteller and a passionate advocate."—Cherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow Thieves "Sterritt's story is living proof of how courageous Indigenous women are."—Tanya Talaga, author of Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our Relations Unbroken is an extraordinary work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, written by an award-winning Gitxsan journalist who survived life on the streets against all odds. As a Gitxsan teenager navigating life on the streets, Angela Sterritt wrote in her journal to help her survive and find her place in the world. Now an acclaimed journalist, she writes for major news outlets to push for justice and to light a path for Indigenous women, girls, and survivors. In her brilliant debut, Sterritt shares her memoir alongside investigative reporting into cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, showing how colonialism and racism led to a society where Sterritt struggled to survive as a young person, and where the lives of Indigenous women and girls are ignored and devalued. Growing up, Sterritt was steeped in the stories of her ancestors: grandparents who carried bentwood boxes of berries, hunted and trapped, and later fought for rights and title to that land. But as a vulnerable young woman, kicked out of the family home and living on the street, Sterritt inhabited places that, today, are infamous for being communities where women have gone missing or been murdered: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and, later on, Northern BC's Highway of Tears. Sterritt faced darkness: she experienced violence from partners and strangers and saw friends and community members die or go missing. But she navigated the street, group homes, and SROs to finally find her place in journalism and academic excellence at university, relying entirely on her own strength, resilience, and creativity along with the support of her ancestors and community to find her way. "She could have been me," Sterritt acknowledges today, and her empathy for victims, survivors, and families drives her present-day investigations into the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women. In the end, Sterritt steps into a place of power, demanding accountability from the media and the public, exposing racism, and showing that there is much work to do on the path towards understanding the truth. But most importantly, she proves that the strength and brilliance of Indigenous women is unbroken, and that together, they can build lives of joy and abundance. Hardcover.
Years ago, when plagues and natural disasters killed millions of people, much of the world stopped dreaming. Without dreams, people are haunted, sick, mad, unable to rebuild. The government soon finds that the Indigenous people of North America have retained their dreams, an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones. Soon, residential schools pop up--or are re-opened--across the land to bring in the dreamers and harvest their dreams. Seventeen-year-old French lost his family to these schools and has spent the years since heading north with his new found family: a group of other dreamers, who, like him, are trying to build and thrive as a community. But then French wakes up in a pitch-black room, locked in and alone for the first time in years, and he knows immediately where he is--and what it will take to escape. Meanwhile, out in the world, his found family searches for him and dodges new dangers--school Recruiters, a blood cult, even the land itself. When their paths finally collide, French must decide how far he is willing to go--and how many loved ones is he willing to betray--in order to survive. This engrossing, action-packed, deftly-drawn novel expands on the world of Cherie Dimaline's award-winning The Marrow Thieves, and it will haunt readers long after they've turned the final page.
I just finished reading Cherie Dimaline's book, The Marrow Thieves. It's kinda sad that it was voted out on Day Three of Canada Reads. The Marrow Thieves
A bundle of all my visual tools for teaching theme, character and symbolism in Macbeth. Incorporate these universal design tools into your lessons and unit plan. Wab, Minerva, Frenchie, Chi-Boy, Riri and Rose are all included! Print and laminate these bright & bold visuals to use again and again when you teach The Marrow Thieves in your secondary classroom! These printable icons always catch the eye of those who walk into my classroom - and not just my visual learners. I share these with my students as a pre-reading introduction before we even jump into Chapter 1. As a teacher, you know how challenging it can be for students to grasp complex and layered concepts like theme, symbolism and motif. Visual resources like this create a concrete starting point to explore the use of these literary devices - from there students can begin to recognize the variations and layers of these symbols and motifs that get brought up again and again in the play. I've also included an (editable in google slides) literary device mini posters for both "symbols" & "Motifs". I keep these up on the board so they students have a clear definition of these literary devices right in front of them. The PDF Symbols & Motifs printables are not editable. If you have a specific symbol or motif that you teach that is not included in this resource - please reach out to me at [email protected]. I welcome special requests or customizations that would better fit your classroom. Symbol & Motif Printables Symbols & Motif Literary Device Definition Poster 8x11 EDITABLE Braids Buffalo Tattoo Dreams Minerva Residential Schools Vials Character Icons Miig Minerva Wab Frenchie Rose Chi-Boy Slopper RiRi Tree & Zheegwon Dad Derrick Clarence Issac Travis Lincoln Recruiters ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Printing Hacks & FYI ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ → Google Docs to PowerPoint - Convert any Google Slide into PowerPoint: Go File ➔ Download ➔ Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) → Editable Resources: for resources editable in PowerPoint or Google™ Slides - make your edits and then save as a PDF before printing. IF the resource you saved as a PDF prints wonky, then save as a PNG/JPEG file and convert it into a PDF. → Printing PDFs - Make sure to download the file to your computer first, then print from your PDF reader. DO NOT print directly from the browser. → Paper Size Issues - In the printer dialogue box make sure the scale is set to "fit to page". → Print Quality - I advise printing this resource on a large commercial printer rather than from a personal home printer. The small details & linesturn out more crisp & clear when printed directly from the file. They have a tendency to get blurry & misaligned when photocopied. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☑ Click here to follow my store for new product alerts ☑ Leave feedback to receive TPT credits that can be used on future purchases! ☑ Have you grabbed your FREE Shakespeare Folder for Macbeth? ❤️ ✍ Reach me: [email protected]
About the Book French has been captured by the Recruiters, confined to one of the infamous residential schools, where the government extracts the marrow of Indigenous people in order to steal the ability to dream, and where the captured are programmed to betray others of their kind, something which he discovers has been done to his brother; meanwhile the other survivors, his found family, are hunting for him, determined to rescue him--and French has to decide just how much, and whom, he is willing to sacrifice to survive and be reunited with Rose and the others. Book Synopsis From the acclaimed author of The Marrow Thieves comes a thrilling new story about hope and survival that New York Times bestselling author Angeline Boulley called "a revelatory must-read." A 2022 American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book Years ago, when plagues and natural disasters killed millions of people, much of the world stopped dreaming. Without dreams, people are haunted, sick, mad, unable to rebuild. The government soon finds that the Indigenous people of North America have retained their dreams, an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones. Soon, residential schools pop up--or are reopened--across the land to bring in the dreamers and harvest their dreams. Seventeen-year-old French lost his family to these schools and has spent the years since heading north with his newfound family: a group of other dreamers, who, like him, are trying to build and thrive as a community. But then French wakes up in a pitch-black room, locked in and alone for the first time in years, and he knows immediately where he is--and what it will take to escape. Meanwhile, out in the world, his found family searches for him and dodges new dangers--school Recruiters, a blood cult, even the land itself. When their paths finally collide, French must decide how far he is willing to go--and how many loved ones is he willing to betray--in order to survive. Hunting by Stars is an engrossing, action-packed, deftly drawn novel that expands on the world of Cherie Dimaline's award-winning The Marrow Thieves, and it will haunt readers long after they've turned the final page. Review Quotes "A harrowing glimpse into a future all the more chilling because it's rooted in history. Our marrow holds many stories. The best ones are of love, hope, and resistance. Miigwech to Cherie Dimaline for this story! Hunting by Stars is a revelatory must read." -- "Angeline Boulley, New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter""Dimaline has created vivid characters who propel a suspenseful and atmospheric story that boldly brings past, and ongoing, darkness to light." -- "Booklist""Lush, devastating, and hope-filled novel. . .The action never lets up and is inextricably intertwined with the personal and community histories of the diverse characters who band together from various nations. Dimaline paints a nightmarish world that is too easy to imagine; it will haunt readers long after they turn the final page." -- "Kirkus Reviews""Spellbinding. Straight from the heart of resilience--Dimaline shows how Indigenous people hold on to dreams even when trapped in nightmares." -- "Wab Kinew, author of the bestselling The Reason You Walk""The brutal realities faced by French in the residential school will leave readers thinking about what Indigenous people endured in the residential schools of the past. The idea of storytelling and the importance of realizing that the past and present are interwoven is beautifully conveyed and will keep readers anxious for what comes next." -- "School Library Journal""What a brilliant and utterly gripping book this is. Beautiful on a sentence level, kinetic, and possessed of a deep humanity. Cherie Dimaline is one of the finest worldbuilders working in fiction today, and here she has crafted something truly profound on the nature of survival, community, and the resurrective power of a story carried and told. To live up to the legacy of one of the best dystopian novels in recent memory is no small talk--Hunting by Stars does that and more." -- "Omar El Akkad, author of the bestselling American War" About the Author Cherie Dimaline is an author from the Georgian Bay Metis Community in Canada. Her 2017 book, The Marrow Thieves, won the Governor General's Award and the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Young Readers, among others. The Marrow Thieves was named a Book of Year on numerous lists, including the National Public Radio, the School Library Journal, the New York Public Library, the Globe and Mail, Quill & Quire, and the CBC, has been translated into several languages, and continues to be a Canadian national bestseller years later. Cherie lives in Canada, where she is adapting work for stage and film and working on her new novels.
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by Cherie Dimaline (Author) After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this young adult novel exploring grief and belonging by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series, now available in paperback. Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium, all her life, close to her mother's grave. With her sixteenth birthday only days away, Winifred has settled into a lazy summer schedule, lugging her obese Chihuahua around the grounds in a squeaky red wagon to visit the neglected gravesides and nursing a serious crush on her best friend, Jack. Her habit of wandering the graveyard at all hours has started a rumor that Winterson Cemetery might be haunted. It's welcome news since the crematorium is on the verge of closure and her father's job is being outsourced. Now that the ghost tours have started, Winifred just might be able to save her father's job and the only home she's ever known, not to mention being able to stay close to where her mother is buried. All she has to do is get help from her con-artist cousin to keep up the ruse and somehow manage to stop her father from believing his wife has returned from the grave. But when Phil, an actual ghost of a teen girl who lived and died in the ravine next to the cemetery, starts showing up, Winifred begins to question everything she believes about life, love and death. Especially love. Author Biography CHERIE DIMALINE is an author from the Georgian Bay Métis Community. Her book The Marrow Thieves won the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature, the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature, and the Governor General's Literary Award, among others. TIME named it one of the 100 Best YA Books of All Time. Its sequel, Hunting by Stars, was published in 2021 to great acclaim, and was selected as Book of the Year by NPR, Indigo, and Kobo, and was a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, as well as a Cityline Book Club Pick for December 2021. Number of Pages: 280 Dimensions: 0.77 x 8.24 x 5.56 IN Award: American Indian Youth Literature Award (2024)
