Blind Alley | 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.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* The novel opens at a grisly crime scene in Calhoun, Georgia. Detective Christy Lollack is called to investigate the death of a woman who has been found without a face. All the skin of her skull was removed and her fingertips burned so that it will be difficult to identify the body....
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