The Marrow Thieves

• Frenchie is sixteen-years-old.

• Frenchie's brother, Mitch, allowed himself to be captured by the Recruiters in able to save French.

• French's father has disappeared and is believed to be in the hands of the Recruiters or dead.

• French's mother was lost to the "schools".

• French has joined with Miig's group in the hopes of traveling North.