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Chapters 1-12

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Lai, Thanhha. Butterfly Yellow. Harper Collins, 2019.

• Part I: The Road (This novel is in third person, with the perspective switching back and forth between LeeRoy and Hằng, and sometimes other characters)

• Brittle Brown Ocean — Hằng is on a bus heading from a refugee camp to Am-a-ri-lo.

• She is chewing on ginger to chase away nausea and is reflecting on the fact that her uncle is chasing her.

• Summer 1981—A 19-year-old boy who has renamed himself LeeRoy is heading down the same road, going to Amarillo to meet cowboy champ Bruce Ford and ask him for a job.

• Hằng— On the bus, Hằng reflects on how she convinced her cousin, En-Di (“Angie”) to drive her to the bus station before Hằng’s uncle came back.

• Hằng looks forward...

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