Deception Point | 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 | Chapters 1-5 Abstract

* Dr. Charles Brophy is on the Milne Ice Shelf when a helicopter appears and he is forced at gunpoint to transmit a prepared message over his radio and then thrown out of the helicopter at 4,000 feet.
* Rachel Sexton is meeting her father, Senator Sedgewick Sexton, the...
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