Story of a Girl 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 1, Chapters 1 and 1A Abstract

* Deanna, a teenage girl, narrates this story and tells how her father found her in the back seat of a car with a boy.
* He was Tommy, a seventeen year old boy who was her brother's best friend.
* She is now sixteen and says...
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