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• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Greenidge, Kaitlyn. Libertie. Algonquin Books, 2022.




• The narrator saw her mother raise a man from the dead; this is how she knew her mother was magic. 


• The time she saw Mamam raise a man from the dead, it was close to dusk. 


• Mama and her nurse, Lenore, were in her office with the fire running. 


• This was a rule in Mama’s office: the fire was kept burning from dawn until after dinner, and they never let it go out completely. 


• When the dead man came, it was spring and the narrator was playing on the stoop when she saw a wagon coming toward the house. 


• The people who usually came were Mama’s patients, either walking or limping; a wagon was rare. 


• When it came to the house, a woman came down off...

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