Dragon 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.

Dennings' Demons Abstract

* The story begins on August 6, 1945 on Shemya Island, Alaska.
* The B-29 Bomber, named Dennings' Demons after the plane's commander and crew, receives its biggest payload ever - a nuclear bomb.
* Dennings' mission is to carry the dangerous device over three thousand miles and...
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