The Map of Love | 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.

"A Beginning" | Chapter 1 Abstract

* While in Cairo in April of 1997, Amal dreams of visiting her great-uncle Sharif's house.
* Isabel brings Amal a trunk that once belonged to Isabel's great-grandmother, Anna.
* Amal begins to read Anna's journals that have been stored in the trunk.
* Amal reads that...
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