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Chapters 1-5

The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Riley, James. Story Thieves. Aladdin, 2015.

Chapter 1

• The novel begins with the third-person narrator following the protagonist, a boy named Owen, in math class.

• Owen’s teacher, Mr. Barberry, was teaching the class fractions, and Owen was bored—he believed there was nothing more boring than fractions.

• Mr. Barberry called on several students, including one named Bethany, who was not paying attention to the lesson.

• Instead, Bethany was reading a novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that she had hidden behind her math book.

• Bethany was startled when Mr. Barberry called on her, and Owen noticed something odd: she had chocolate on her chin.

• After class, Owen went to lunch, where he sat and reread the latest Kiel Gnomenfoot book (called Kiel Gnomenfoot and the End of Everything) before the seventh book in the...

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