Miig also shares that Minerva's baby grandson was taken from her by Recruiters, who raped her and left her to die. Frenchie learns that Minerva is so mothering to the children in the family when they get sick because she lost an adopted baby to a cough. She dies, however, in the attempt to rescue her. At this point, it becomes clear to Frenchie and others that Minerva, as an Elder fluent in the language, is the key to beating the schools and creating change. Miig suggests that they all undervalued and underestimated Minerva when she sacrifices herself to Recruiters, especially when they later learn that she burned down the residential school by singing when they tried to harvest her marrow. Our reviewer says the book is almost impossible to put down. He begins to reevaluate this when Rose shares that Minerva takes the time to teach those at camp the Cree language. Hunting By Stars, by Cherie Dimaline, is the fan-requested follow-up to the award-winning international best seller, The Marrow Thieves. She usually sings or mutters in Cree when she speaks at all, and Frenchie initially thinks that being assigned to stay at camp with her is a waste of time. She's very small, wears her gray hair in two braids with a kerchief tied around her head, and often seems questionably sane.
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