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Chapters 1-6

• In Chapter 1, Mrs. Patty Ponder is talking to her cat and watching television.

• She lives right by Pirriwee Public school.

• She hears a commotion during trivia night, and she goes to look out the window.

• She sees two men fighting, and the men are separated by the other parents.

• The chapter ends with various parents giving their testimony about how the fight began.

• A police detective-sergeant ends the chapter by saying that this is a murder investigation.

• Chapter 2 takes place six months before trivia night at Pirriwee.

• It is Madeline Martha Mackenzie’s 40th birthday, and she is driving her five-year-old daughter Chloe, to her kindergarten orientation at Pirriwee.

• Madeline is feeling old and frumpy.

• She sees that the girl driving the car ahead of her is texting and driving.

• At a red light, Madeline stops her car and tells the girl to stop texting.

• As...

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