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"Where Wolves Don't Die" by Anton Treuer Chapters 1-6

Fri Jul 04 04:14:32 EDT 2025
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In this novel, Ezra Cloud, a 15-year-old Ojibwe boy, is falsely suspected of arson and sent to stay with his grandfather during the investigation, where he learns more about his culture, his family, and his responsibilities.

Here are links to our lists for the book: Chapters 1-6, Chapters 7-12, Chapters 13-17, Chapters 18-24, Chapters 25-30
weathered
He was wearing his usual — weathered Timberland boots, loose blue jeans, and a flannel shirt.
pristine
We paddled out into the middle of nowhere where the boreal forest of black spruce, jack pine, and birch lined pristine waterways, where you could still drink the water right out of the lakes and set up camp.
obtrusive
His engine oil and body odor stench clung to him all the way from here, like the perfume of old white women walking in the Mall of America — inescapable and obtrusive.
unperturbed
Matt laughed at me, unperturbed, his voice full of gravel and ice.
abate
The adrenaline was finally starting to abate and I could feel the pain pulsing and swelling in my hand and wrist.
circumstantial
He got convicted of manslaughter with circumstantial evidence.
lithe
She waved and it was uncanny how much she resembled her daughter, from her lithe figure to her long, slender fingers.
mull
I stood there for a while, mulling things over once more, and I don’t remember what happened next but I must have stepped back in the room and gone back to sleep.
acrid
Now the smell of diluted urine in the streets, car exhaust, and dogs covered the ground, and the scent of human pheromones filled the air, acrid and intrusive.
gusto
I could tell my gusto didn’t go unnoticed.
disenfranchised
We were in a tug-of-war between gentrifying hipsters on one side, and the steady swirl of the desperate and disenfranchised on the other.
livid
He looked so livid, it felt like he might attack us, but my dad’s imposing stature probably discouraged him.
glower
He glowered at me, Nora, and my dad.
mirth
I couldn’t tell if he meant it or not, but he was smiling with genuine mirth, and the leathery crow’s-feet by his eyes showed kindness and just a little bit of concern.
succumb
Even the best strikers and fastest MMA fighters succumbed to anyone who got close enough to hold on and force them to submit. If I was ever in a fight for my life, that’s what I’d do.

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