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Chapters 1 – 5

• NOTE: Citations in this Lesson Plan refer to the following version of the book: Dahl, Roald. Danny, the Champion of the World. Puffin Books; Reprint edition, 2007. Kindle edition.

• Danny, the Champion of the World is a 1975 children’s book by British author Roald Dahl. It includes illustrations by Quentin Blake.

• The narrative comes from the first-person perspective of nine-year-old Danny, the novel’s protagonist.

• In Chapter 1, “The Filling Station,” Danny introduces himself and gives the reader his basic backstory.

• Danny’s mother died suddenly when Danny was four months old. Since then, he has been raised solely by his father. Danny has no brothers or sisters.

• Danny and his father live in an old gypsy caravan that sits behind a filling-station owned by Danny’s father.

• Danny’s father did all of the things a mother would do for Danny as well as repairing cars in his...

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