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Chapters 1-2

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Ko, Lisa. The Leavers. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2017. Hardcover.

· The novel tells the story of Deming Guo, who is adopted by a white family after his mother disappears and who has his name changed to Daniel Wilkinson.

· Chapters refer to the boy either as Deming Guo or Daniel Wilkinson.

· Chapters shift from past to present.

· In Part One, “Another Boy, Another Planet,” Chapter 1, in the past, the day before Deming Guo saw his mother for the last time, she surprised him at P.S. 33, where he went to school.

· He wondered if she got off work early.

· It was only 4:30 p.m., and she usually did not get off from the nail salon until six p.m.

· She told him she had a short shift, and they spoke in Fuzhounese as they...

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