Chapters 1-17
· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Adeyemi, Tomi. Children of Blood and Bone. Henry Holt and Company, 2018. Hardcover.
· The story is narrated by three first-person narrators: Zelie, Amari, and Inan.
· Chapters are labeled with the name of the narrator.
· In the epigraph is a poem where Zelie remembers her mother and how she was killed.
· In Chapter 1, “Zelie,” Zelie and 15 other girls are in training with Mama Agba.
· Zelie is hoping to be chosen to fight against Yemi and graduate.
· Mama Agba chooses her and Zelie begins to spar with Yemi.
· Zelie is about to deliver a final blow when Bisi arrives and tells Mama Agba that guards are coming.
· Quickly the girls and Mama Agba transform the arena into a seamstress’s shop.
· As the guards arrive, the girls sit in front of mannequins and stitch the hems...
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