Gussie to Fannie - Pages 1-54
· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Beanland, Rachel. Florence Adler Swims Forever. Simon & Schuster, 2020. Hardcover.
· The section titled, “June 1934,” begins with the chapter “Gussie.”
· Gussie’s grandparents, Esther and Joseph, take her to the beach, where they are joined by her aunt Florence and Anna.
· Gussie loves her aunt Florence.
· Florence will pretend they are mermaids when they are at the beach.
· Her aunt has just come home from Wellesley College.
· Gussie thinks it is Anna’s fault that she has to sleep on the sun porch at her grandparents’ apartment.
· During the summer months, Esther and Joseph rent out their home, one block from the beach, to tourists.
· Gussie is staying with her grandparents because her mother is pregnant and has a high-risk pregnancy.
· She is in the hospital on bed rest.
· Last year...
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