Salem's Lot | 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.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* A vampire has taken over the town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, and turned all the people into the undead. A man and boy kill the head vampire and flee.
* The man and boy live on the Pacific while the man writes a book.
* The man and boy...
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