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Chapters 1-10

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Adeyemi, Tomi. Children of Virtue and Vengeance. Henry Holt and Company, 2019. Hardcover.

• In Chapter 1, Zelie remembers the first time she saw the ocean with her father.

• Zelie and her brother Tzain prepared their father’s body for his funeral on the Jimenta’s cliffs.

• They douse the casket with oil and light a torch.

• Zelie’s magic, which was awakened by a ritual that killed her father starts to roar up inside her.

• She pushes it down and drops the torch.

• Oil is difficult to come by, and she is upset that she cannot even bury her father properly.

• Her best friend, Princess Amari, brings more oil.

• She has a streak of white in her hair that indicates she has magic powers too.

• Zelie is frustrated that the ritual brought magic back to...

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