![]() ![]() ![]() Xavier and his section are shot at by their own comrades and Xavier learns how cunning the officers who order them are. He recalls his first days on the front lines. The first day of their journey is spent with Xavier deep in the memories of his days before the war and the first days he spent in the trenches. She can sense that the war has damaged him in a way that she will not be able to repair with traditional medicine. Niska knows right away that there is something terribly wrong with her nephew as he looks like a ghost of his former self. The family members exit the town and begin their three day journey down the river that will lead them back to the land of their birth. Much to her surprise, it is actually her nephew Xavier who steps off of the train instead of his friend Elijah. In the beginning of the novel, an Cree Indian woman named Niska has come to escort the friend of her dead nephew home. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Boyden, Joseph. ![]()
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