It | 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.

Part One, The Shadow Before: Chapter 1, After the Flood (1957) Abstract

* It centers around seven core characters who bonded as children and reunite 27 years later.
* The seven seem to be destined to bring an end to the cycle of death and destruction in their hometown.
* The friends fought...
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