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Chapters 1-4

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Lai, Thanhha. Listen Slowly. HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2015. Hardcover.

· In Chapter 1, Mai is upset that she is flying to Vietnam with her father, Mua, and her grandmother, Ba.

· Mai describes herself as a 12-year-old Laguna Beach girl who does not wear lip gloss or short shorts.

· She is a good student who has a 4.0 GPA, an SAT-level vocabulary, and who is a team leader in track, science, and chess.

· She has been planning on spending the summer on the beach with her friend Montana and trying to get to know a boy she noticed when he read a poem in class.

· Instead, she is on a predawn flight to Vietnam.

· Mai’s father goes to Vietnam every summer, but he will be busy hiking in the remote mountain areas and setting up a...

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