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Part I (Chapters 1 - 8)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Kelly, Erin Entrada. Hello, Universe. Greenwillow Books, 2017.

• This story is told in chapters from multiple characters' points of view and using a mixture of tenses.

• Chapter 1 is titled "Grand Failure" and is told in the third person, past-tense, focusing on Virgil Salinas.

• Virgil Salinas was 11 years old and had just finished the sixth grade. He was not looking forward to the rest of middle school.

• Virgil, a shy, small child, felt like a fish out of water because he was not good at sports. He felt like a failure.

• At home, Virgil's grandmother, Lola, was slicing mangoes as she asked him what was wrong.

• Lola asked Virgil if someone was bullying him again but Virgil said no.

• Virgil had identical twin brothers, Joselito and Julio, who were outgoing and good at...

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