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"If we could feel pity for this one, we would.  His walk before. His walk to come.  Neither is easy.  All he wants is home.  We follow now, we follow always,  not to lead but to capture.  Someone, yes, will capture this boy's life.
(Boyden)
This quote shows the reason WHY the manitous are following Chanie on his journey.

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-Uncle Kelly kills a small fish.  He thanks the manitou of the fish, and he feeds his family with it.
-Chanie and the Kelly daughter stare at each other and then fall asleep
-Chanie has a nighmare about the Fish Belly men coming to take the daughter.
-Chanie looks at his map and tries to understand which way to go home
-Next morning, Uncle takes the 2 boys to his trapline in search of food.  He leaves Chanie behind.
-Chanie goes into the woods to cry.
-Chanie gives the mouse skull to the daughter as a gift.
-Chanie decides to secretly follow the Uncle and the 2 brothers
-BOTH Aunt and Uncle Kelly tell Chanie to go back to the school.

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Q: What movement did Uncle Kelly make to tell Chanie to go back to the residential school?
A:  He told Chanie how to get back to the train tracks and then he lifted Chanie's right arm to remind him to turn right.

Q:  What  gesture did  Jackie and Ralph make to tell Chanie to keep walking and to never return to that school?
A: They walked past Chanie and brushed his left arm, which was a sign to turn left at the tracks and continue walking home.

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pg. ___"She can see something in him, she thinks.  Someone hurt him real bad.  Ever bad they hurt him.  So bad that it is stuck inside him and he's so scared of it but more scared to let it out... She dares him with her dark eyes to tell her why it hurts."
(Boyden)
This quote shows that the Kelly daughter can see inside Chanie's soul and she can see the abuse he experienced at the residential school.

Pg. 44 "You job is to send the stranger way, the uncle says. Someone broke something in him. We don't have the tools to fix it" (Boyden). This quote explains one reason why the Kellys rejected Chanie.

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Giigoo = fish
Waawaabigonoojii = mouse
Asabikeshii= spider
Migwetch = thank you
Nindede = father
wood tick = bug that drinks bloo

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-CW arrived at the school 2 years ago.
-CW is 9 years old, but still in grade 1.
-Many students ran away from the school last week

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Q:  How do the fish bellies react when someone speaks the Ojibuay langauge?
A:  They beat them with a stick and make them eat soap.

Q:  According to CW, what do the teachers smell like?
A:  They smell like the color yellow or brown.

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Pg 1:  "He has a room in the basement that scares the life from us" (J.Boyden) This quote is about the abuse at the residential school.

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Gimik-wenden-ina:   Ojibuay... it means  ???
Nindede:  Ojibuay language for Dad.
Nimaamaa:
Lose my tongue = lose my language