Vocabulary
Debut
The protagonist of The Marrow Theives
Frenchie
The tribe that was relocated during The Trail of Tears
Cherokee
The kind of tree in our yard
Willow
Dollar bills are made of linen and this other cloth. Don't worry, we don't use slaves to grow it anymore!
Cotton
(verb) To make nervous or embarrassed
Fluster
Christopher's favorite detective
Sherlock Holmes
The Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas that Mexico bombarded with cannons
The Alamo
The name of the drug rehabilitation center that Ivan's parents ran at 309 103rd Street
Exodus House
This is the only continent without deserts.
Europe
(verb) To work long and hard
Toil
In The Marrow Thieves, the name of the character who had a scar across her face
Wab
The president who wanted to remove American Indians from their land
Andrew Jackson
Chef Jonah's award-winning recipe!
Curry Chickpeas
This color was named after the fruit, not the other way around!
Orange
(noun) A wish to do something for no reason
Whim
The name of Christopher's neighbor
Mrs. Alexander
The Mexican general who fought Texan settlers and later, during the Mexican-American War
General Santa Anna
Our celebrity Poetry Slam host the past two years
Tina Fey
This human body part stays the same size from birth, however, our nose and ears never stop growing.
Eyeballs
(noun) Noisy merrymaking
Revelry
When Christopher interrupts the plot of the story suddenly to tell the reader something about his life
Digressions
He escaped slavery and wrote a narrative about his time as a slave (that you read in quarantine)
Frederick Douglass
1993
This city is the oldest capital in the Americas! The people living there were Mayans!
Mexico City