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Part 1: Chapters 1-5

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Grisham, John. The Reckoning. Doubleday, 2018. Hardcover.

• In Chapter 1, it is October 1946.

• Pete Banning wakes knowing that it is time for a killing.

• He cannot proceed with his daily routine, and he believes that he is a coward if he does not commit the killing.

• He waits for his coffee to brew and stretches his legs.

• Both legs were injured during the war.

• When Pete goes outside, he notices that the cotton is ready to be picked.

• He realizes that he will probably receive the death penalty, but he plans that the son will support his son and daughter.

• When he was a boy, he worked in the fields with the blacks.

• His family had money, but they believed in hard work.

• Pete spoke to Buford, his foreman, and then he went to...

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