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Chapters 1-5

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Hannah, Kristin. Magic Hour. Ballantine Books, 2006. E-book.

• Note: The girl at the center of the narrative is referred to as Girl through page 146, Alice between pages 146 and 335, and Brittany from pages 336 through 393.

• An epigraph is included that contains a quote from the children’s book entitled The Velveteen Rabbit.

• Chapter 1 begins on page 3.

• Julia is a psychiatrist who lives in the Los Angeles area of California at the time of the novel’s opening.

• Julia’s defense lawyer Frank guides her through the process of her court date.

• The judge will be deciding whether Julia should be named as a defendant in a vaguely-described homicide case.

• The reader comes to understand eventually in the chapter that Julia’s teenage patient named Amber had one day bought an automatic weapon and had opened fire...

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