Everything you need to understand or teach The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi.
The Hiding Place begins in 1960 before the narrator, Dolores Gauci, is born. Dolores is the sixth of six daughters, born to Mary, a frustrated housewife, and Frankie, a compulsive gambler. Mary and Frankie both see hope in the birth of this last child. Perhaps this one will be the boy they have wanted for so long. However, Dolores' birth is marked by disappointment and the biggest loss Frankie could possibly suffer...
The Hiding Place Lesson Plans contain 100 pages of teaching material, including: