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• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Adiga, Aravind. Amnesty. Scribner, 2020. Hardcover.

• The section “Home” tells about Danny’s home country of Sri Lanka.

• He is from the city of Batticaloa, which is known for its lagoon.

• Fish are said to sing there, and mermaids are said to come out in the moonlight.

• From the roof of Danny’s school, he could look over the palm trees and brightly painted houses of the city and see where the lagoon narrowed to flow into the Indian Ocean.

• When Danny was 15, he and a friend went to the lagoon to find something called “The Face of the Portal” (2).

• It was a hidden spot that opened into the ocean.

• They believed it was the best place to see mermaids.

• They waited and the sun went down.

• Danny’s father expected him back at...

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