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Part One: Chapters 1-9

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Everett, Percival. James. Doubleday, 2024. Hardcover.

· The novel begins with songs from the notebook of Daniel Decatur Emmett.

· In Part One, Chapter 1, Jim notices that Huck and Tom are watching him from the tall grass.

· The little “bastards” (9) think they are hidden, but because of the full moon, Jim can see them clear as day.

· Jim is waiting at Miss Watson’s kitchen door for her to give him a pan of corn bread she made from his wife Sadie’s recipe.

· Waiting is a large part of a slave’s life.

· Huck and Tom watch Jim.

· They are always playing pretend games where he is a villain or prey and their toy.

· It always pays to give white folks what they want, so Jim calls into the night and asks who...

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