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Prologue-Chapter 3, Pages 1-30

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Harper, Jane. The Dry. Flatiron Books, 2016. First Edition.

• This novel uses standard Australian English; however, this Lesson Plan will use standard American English, save for quotes.

• This story is written in past tense from a third person point of view.

• The narrative follows the protagonist, Federal Agent Aaron Falk, who is mainly referred to as Falk.

• The setting is Kiewarra, a small farming community in Australia.

• The Prologue begins in summer, during the second year of a severe drought.

• The weather pattern of El Niño created the worst conditions in a century.

• Many farmers were struggling, and the lack of rain means lack of feed, so farmers have been forced to put down their weak animals.

• Blowflies have had a great variety of carcasses to feast upon.

• Three bodies, described as...

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