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Prologue-Chapter 3

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Tenorio, Lysley. The Son of Good Fortune. HarperCollins, 2020. Hardcover.

• In the “Prologue,” Maxima is sitting in the dark in front of her computer.

• She cleans her nails with the tip of a switchblade.

• When an alarm goes off, she turns on the webcam above her monitor.

• She puts on lipstick and shakes out her hair.

• She could pass for 30-something, but she is in her 50s.

• She does not know her birthday.

• A man appears on the screen and calls Maxima his love.

• He is having a bad week, and he tells her the details, including that he is still shoveling snow.

• She has never seen snow, and he invites her to come to North Dakota.

• She says she might someday.

• He is an older man in his 60s who seems to have money...

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