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Chapters 1- 3

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Val Emmich. Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel. Poppy, 2018.

• “Dear Evan Hansen”: that is how all of the narrator’s letters begin.

• Evan is actually the narrator’s middle name; his mother had wanted him to be Evan but his dad had wanted him to be Mark, which is his first name.

• Though Evan’s father won the battle, everyone in his life calls him Evan.

• Evan does not like his initials: M.E.H.

• To Evan, “Meh is pure indifference...doesn’t matter...no one cares” (6).

• Evan would rather think of himself as “Eh,” for Evan Hansen, which is “more like seeking approval, waiting for confirmation” (6).

• Evan’s mother says that he is a true Pisces.

• Evan’s mother is always leaving around handwritten messages for him around the house, things like “Step...

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