A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Prologue, Baby Book, Hair Abstract

* "A Girl Named Zippy" is the memoir of Haven Kimmel about coming of age in the small town of Mooreland, Indiana.
* The population or Mooreland stayed at 300 for several decades.
* The author remarks that Mooreland was untouched by the outside world that was...
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