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Book I: Chapters 1-4

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Klay, Phil. Missionaries. Penguin Press, 2020. Hardcover.

· In Chapter 1, “Abel 1986-1999,” Abel remembers the town where he grew up.

· It was on top of a small hill near a river.

· He refers to himself as “Abelito” (4), because the child he was is dead.

· He had a father, mother, three sisters, and a grandfather.

· He was a “fat, well-loved child” (4).

· He walked to school in another town where men from America taught math, reading, and about Jesus.

· Sometimes his grandfather would take him and his sister Maria and teach them how to carve boats.

· Abelito first saw death when his sister Marta died.

· His father used to play games with them, and Abelito loved playing cinco huecos with other children.

· He especially enjoyed working with his father on their house.

· When the kitchen...

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