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I was surprised how Grandpa reacted when Wesley told him about Frank. Grandpa said that even out of all of the horrible things that Uncle Frank did you can't arrest him. Frank is a respected war hero and most of all your brother. I wonder if Grandpa reacted like this because Frank was his favorite, or because this was going to hurt the Hayden name and that's all Grandpa cared about. He only cared about having power.
— Nov 14, 2025 06:11PM
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Caeden Downey
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I was wondering at first why Frank killed himself? As I was thinking though it all made sense. People in town knew Frank as an amazing man. A war hero, star athlete, and many other things. As news broke out though people would change their view of Frank. Frank would have hated people thinking of him being a bad person instead of a good person. So Frank killed himself to prevent people from talking bad about him.
— Nov 16, 2025 04:56PM
Caeden Downey
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I was surprised when Marie's mom didn't want her buried in Montana. She wanted to take her back to North Dakota. Did Mrs. Little Soldier not know what the Haydens did for Marie? They gave Marie a place to live and gave her a job. Instead Mrs. Soldier didn't want to hear. She just wanted to leave. I wonder if she thought that Marie's death had something to do with the Haydens so that's why she didn't talk to them.
— Nov 12, 2025 05:56PM
Caeden Downey
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I was shocked when Len was talking to David on page 86. Did Len love Davids mom? He would always try and help her out whenever he could and always looked good around her. Len also could be jealous of Wes? Wes is an important figure in town with being the sheriff. Len might think that he should be the sheriff and get all of the benefits that being a sheriff comes with.
— Nov 09, 2025 04:54PM
Caeden Downey
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On page 63 I was surprised that Uncle Frank used to like Indian girls. That Grandpa Hayden caught him hanging out with an Indian girl when he was a little bit older than David. I wonder if Uncle Frank truly liked her? and if he did why does he do the stuff that he does now. I wonder if something changed the way he thinks about the Indians so that's why he does that stuff now. Also maybe his father told him not to.
— Nov 07, 2025 05:58PM
Caeden Downey
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I was surprised that Wes Hayden decided to meet with Ollie. Earlier in the book we learned that Wes kind of discriminated against Indians. Also not only did he just meet with Ollie but he enjoyed Ollie. On page 48 Wes said "He's a testimony to what hard work will get you." He's saying that Ollie is a very hard worker when earlier in the book he said that Indians were very stubborn and lazy.
— Nov 05, 2025 05:24PM
Caeden Downey
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I was surprised at first when the dad didn't think that his brother molested Indian girls. Even after his wife and Marie told him it's true he still wouldn't believe that his brother would actually do that. At the end of page 43 though he finally realized that it is true that his brother does these type of things. I wonder with him being the sheriff is he going to give his brother an easier time for his crimes?
— Nov 02, 2025 05:02PM
Caeden Downey
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I was wondering why the author made Marie Little a member of the Sioux tribe. I think that it might be because people of the Sioux tribe were treated differently. I learned that in 1948 people who were from different tribes were discriminated against and treated badly. So maybe the author is trying to get that point across and try and have us learn more about her story.
— Nov 01, 2025 07:08PM
Caeden Downey
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It surprised me on page 7 that the Mom never wanted to live In Montana. She never wanted to live the life that they were living right now. As I kept reading on though I realized that she always wanted her husband to be an Attorney not a sheriff. She believed that if he was an attorney they would be living somewhere else and making more money. It also said on page 9 that she was worried about her son's values.
— Oct 31, 2025 07:23AM
