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Part 1, Emoni's Recipe to Fickle Fatherhood, pages 1-82

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Acevedo, Elizabeth. With the Fire on High. HarperCollins, 2019. Hardcover.

· Part 1, “The Sour,” begins with Emoni’s recipe for Lemon Verbena Tembleque.

· She thinks the recipe should be served when you are missing someone you love.

· She says that the food is best “eaten cold while daydreaming about palm trees and listening to an Hector Lavoe classic” (4).

· On “Day One,” Emoni is getting her two-year-old daughter Emma, who she calls Babygirl, ready for her first day of daycare at Mama Clara’s.

· Babygirl has never stayed with anyone who is not family.

· She and Emoni live with Emoni’s paternal grandmother.

· ‘Buela tells Emoni she will be late for school.

· As Emoni walks out the door, she hears her grandmother tell Emma she is going to be a...

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