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Part 1 - Welcome: Chapters 1-5

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Lockhart, E. We Were Liars. Delacorte Press, 2014. Hardcover.

• In Chapter 1, Cadence describes her family, the Sinclairs.

• She says that they are athletic, tall, and handsome.

• They are old-money Democrats.

• They spend summers on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts.

• In Chapter 2, Cadence Sinclair Eastman tells how she has changed since her accident.

• She used to be blond, but now her hair is black.

• She was strong, but now she is weak.

• She once was pretty, but now she looks sick.

• Since her accident she suffers from migraines.

• Cadence says that her story starts in June the summer she was 15.

• Her father was a history professor, and she loved him.

• Even though he did not like dogs or the Sinclairs, he put up with them because he loved Cadence...

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