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Part I (Chapters 1 - 7, pages 1 - 62)

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Parkhurst, Carolyn. Lost and Found. Back Bay Books, New York, 2006.

• This book was written from the first person perspective, from a variety of different characters' perspectives, and mostly in the present tense unless otherwise noted.

• In Chapter One, Laura is a middle-aged mother of one child, Cassie, who is 17 years old.

• Laura and Cassie are contestants on a reality television show called Lost and Found, during which contestants work in teams of two to try to solve scavenger-hunt clues that take them around the world.

• The contestants are almost constantly on camera.

• Barbara Fox is the show's host, and she is also a middle-aged woman who is considered a B or C-list celebrity.

• Barbara is known for her cold and impersonal manner.

• The contestants have accumulated a cache of...

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