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Part I (Ark of Bones - A Boll of Roses)

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Dumas, Henry. Echo Tree. Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, 2021.

• The stories in this collection are written from a range of perspectives and tenses, which will be indicated in the beginning of each summary.

• The first story, titled "Ark of Bones," is written from the first-person perspective and in the past tense.

• The story is narrated by a young, likely teen-aged narrator named Fish-Hound.

• He and his friend Headeye lived near a river.

• Headeye was known for finding odd - and maybe even magical - objects.

• Headeye once had a "mojo bone," which some in the community believed was good for curses.

• One day Headeye took Fish-Hound down to the river, where a big storm came up.

• Headeye told Fish-Hound they would see an ark soon, and...

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