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Prologue & Chapters 1-8

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Kreuger, William Kent. Ordinary Grace. Atria Books, 2014. E-book.

• Bobby Cole, a young boy, is found dead after having been run over by a train on its way to North Dakota.

• Nathan Drum, a pastor and war veteran, receives a call in the middle of the night from the local police station telling him that a church employee of Nathan’s, Gus, is in jail after getting into a fight with a local delinquent and high school dropout, Morris Engdahl.

• Frank and Jake Drum, Nathan’s two sons, accompany their father to the jail after begging to be allowed to come.

• As Nathan bails Gus out of jail, Morris spits insults at the Drums, even calling Jake a “retard” (9) in reference to Jake’s stutter.

• Gus is still inebriated and throws up in...

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