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Chapters 1-4

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Spinelli, Jerry. Milkweed. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

• The first thing the narrator remembers is running.

• The narrator carries something while they run, and hugs it close to their chest: bread.

• Someone is chasing the narrator, calling for them to stop, as the bread in question has been stolen.

• Sometimes this vision comes to the narrator in a dream, sometimes it is a memory in the middle of the day.

• The narrator never sees who is chasing and calling them, and they never stop long enough to eat the bread.

• When the narrator awakens from the dream or memory, their legs are always shaking.

• Another boy was dragging the narrator, running.

• The other boy was much bigger than the narrator, with red hair.

• As they ran, sirens were wailing, and the narrator heard thumping noises...

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