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Part I (Round 1 - Round 4)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Quinonez, Ernesto. Bodega Dreams. Penguin, New York, 2020.

• This book was written from the first person point of view and in the past tense.

• In Book I, Because Men Who Built This Country Were From the Streets, Round I is titled Spanish for "Toad."

• The book is written from the perspective of Julio "Chino" Mercado, a young Puerto-Rican American living in Spanish Harlem.

• Julio's best friend is Enrique, or "Sapo."

• Sapo has a reputation for biting in fights and is very street smart and tough.

• Julio remembered that as a youngster, he wanted a nickname more than anything because that meant he had status in school and on his block.

• Eventually Julio's nickname became Chino. Sapo was always Sapo.

• Julio had artistic talent and was a good mural painter. He made...

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