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Chapter 1-8

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Elliott, Andrea. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City. Random House, 2021. Version 1.

• In Chapter 1, readers are introduced to the main character, Dasani Joanie-Lashawn Coates.

• Dasani always wakes up first in the family, and she faithfully cares for her seven siblings while her mother and step-father sleep.

• The ten-person family lives in a room at the Auburn Family Residence, a rodent- and roach-infested shelter for the homeless.

• They do not have a home of their own.

• Chapter 2 begins with Dasani nervous about the first day of sixth grade.

• She is worried that her classmates will find out where she lives and keep making fun of her.

• The inner workings of Dasani's school are the primary focus of the second chapter.

• Her middle school, McKinney, is run by powerful women, especially Miss Holmes...

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