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Part I (Pages 1 - 62)

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Booth, Coe. Tyrell. Scholastic, New York, 2006.

• This book is written from the first person perspective and in the present tense.

• In Chapter 1, Tyrell is a young Black teenage boy who picks up his girlfriend, Novisha, outside of her school at the end of the day.

• Tyrell thinks Novisha is acting strange when they go back to her apartment that she shares with her mother, Mrs. Jenkins.

• Mrs. Jenkins recently divorced Mr. Jenkins, Novisha's father, but Mrs. Jenkins still wants Mr. Jenkins to be around and be part of the family.

• Tyrell notices that Mr. Jenkins just seems to come around to the apartment to eat and have sex with Mrs. Jenkins.

• Novisha tells Tyrell that a boy at school has been giving her trouble, harassing her and asking her out relentlessly...

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