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Part I (Chapters 1 - 11)

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Cosby, S.A. Razorblade Tears. Flatiron Books, New York, 2021.

• This book is written from the third person perspective and in the past tense.

• In Chapter One, Ike Randpolph could not remember a time when police coming to his door had meant anything other than stress and misery.

• Ike was a Black man who had spent years in prison for a homicide.

• In this case, two police officers arrived in the early morning and asked if Isiah Randolph was his son.

• Ike said yes, already knowing that the police were likely there to report Isiah's death.

• In Chapter Two, the day of Isiah's funeral was beautiful, but hot in Virginia.

• Ike attended with his wife Mya and their granddaughter Arianna, who was very young.

• Arianna had been Isiah's daughter with his husband...

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