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Chapters 1-4

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Hiaasen, Carl, Chomp, Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

• In Chapter 1, Mickey Cray is an animal wrangler who has been out of work since he was hit on the head by a frozen iguana and suffered a concussion.

• Now he has headaches and double vision.

• Mickey’s son is named Wahoo, after Wahoo McDaniel, a professional wrestler and football player.

• People expect someone named Wahoo to be loud and crazy, but that is not Wahoo’s personality.

• He plans to change his name when he is older.

• While Mickey recovers, Wahoo refers jobs to other wranglers.

• Wahoo takes care of Mickey’s alligators, snakes, parrots, mice, monkeys, and more.

• The family is struggling to survive without Mickey’s income, so Wahoo’s mother Susan, takes a job in China teaching Mandarin Chinese to American businessmen.

• Usually...

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