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Front Matter and Book the First

· The following version of this novel was used to create this Lesson Plan: DiCamillo, Kate. The Beatryce Prophecy, illustrated by Sophie Blackall. E-book, Candlewick, 2021.

· Following the dedication and contents, the novel offers a comment about the contents of the Chronicles of Sorrowing.

· After an illustration, Book the First begins with Chapter One, opening with a description of the goat Answelica and her strained relationship with the monks of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing.

· The antagonism between the monks and Answelica is described in some detail: “The brothers of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing would have liked to butcher her, but they were afraid of the ghost of Answelica” (9).

· The necessity of Answelica to the story of the novel is noted.

· Chapter Two opens with a comment about the wartime nature of the narrative, moving to note Brother Edik...

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