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The Price family moves to the Congo to spread Christianity. Nathan Price forces them to go. Pg.5
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This shown how focused Nathan was on his mission. "Fourty-five founds of luggage and not an iota more." - Leah Price pg.14
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"Mearly real, not legend. Some manner of a beast, a horseshoe gazelle, relative of the giraffe" - Orleanna Price pg.7
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Ruth May easily makes friends in the Congo by introducing the children to Mother May I. Pg.111
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"He had seen the marks of the little girl who drags her right foot, and the lion tracks, very fresh, covering over her footprints." - Adah Price pg.140
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She gets Maleria from a mosquito bite. Pg.241
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He thinks this mean Jesus is precious; however, it means Jesus is Poisonwood. Pg.276 "That one word brought down father's sermons every time, as he ended them with the shout Tata Jesus is Bangala." - Leah Price
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The ants attack the village the Price family lives in forcing them to evacuate. Pg. 299
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"Curved into the permanent song of my body: left... Behind." - Adah Price pg. 300
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"Which nobody listened to because they were all jazzed up about a girl wanting to hunt with the men." -Rachel pg. 337
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Orleanna stand up to Nathan once and for all. Pg. 382
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"When I get out of bed every morning, at least I'm still alive and not dead like Ruth May."- Rachel
"Her final gasp of air as hungry as a baby's first breath."- Adah pg. 365 -
Orleanna, Adah, Leah, and Rachel leave Nathan and the Congo. Pg. 380
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Orleanna and Adah go back to America while Rachel and Adah stay behind. Pg.390
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Pg. 402
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Pg. 408
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"It's a bleak anniversary in our house hold. I killed a snake this morning, just whacked it into piece with my machete."- Leah pg. 429
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"I am still Adah but you would hardly know me now, without my slant." Pg.492
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Nathan is chased up a watch tower, and the watch tower is burned down, killing Nathan. Pg 419
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"Mother be still, listen, I can see you leading your children to the water, and you call it a story of ruin."- Ruth May pg. 537
