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Part I (Chapters 1 - 7)

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Kelkar, Supriya. Ahimsa. Tu Books, New York, 2017. Hardcover.

• This novel is written from the third person perspective and in the past tense.

• In Chapter 1, a young girl named Anjali lived with her Ma, Baba, and great-uncle Chachaji in India.

• Anjali was from a Hindu family and her best friend Irfaan was from a Muslim one.

• On this day, Anjali had a can of black paint and she and Irfaan were sneaking around the compound of Captain Brent, the British officer who was in charge of the village.

• Anjali's Ma had worked for Captain Brent in his office up until very recently, when she was fired, but Anjali did not know why.

• She was going to paint "Quit India" on the compound in retaliation for her Ma's firing.

• But a girl -...

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