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When Avery and the brothers unlocked the final box in their grandfather’s challenge, there was an envelope inside with Avery’s name on it. It contained a single packet of sugar. Avery remembered a man who had spoken to her and her mother in a diner when Avery was building a castle out of sugar packets.
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In Chapter 1, as Avery Grambs played chess in the park with...
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Avery is shot at by Drake while on this estate, an attack on...
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When Avery was six years of age, she caught the attention of...
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Avery was highly intelligent, but made a habit of being...
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Avery refers to herself as “I” (1) and to her and her mother...
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Tobias’ death, Emily’s death, Avery’s mother’s death, and...
- Chapters 1 - 11
The sugar packet prompts Avery to recall a memory: She’s six years old, hanging out at the diner where her mom works, constructing castles out of sugar packets. One of her mom’s customers—Tobias Hawthorne—overhears Avery’s mom using her full name. He asks Avery to confirm it. He also reveals that he has grandsons her age.
Before Avery can reply, Jameson interrupts them: He’s found what they’re looking for, a book that doesn’t match its cover. The title page reads Sail Away, but the book is The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. Inside the book, Grayson, Avery, and Jameson find a small red square made of a plastic-like material, acetate.
When Avery was six years of age, she caught the attention of Tobias when they happened to be eating in the same diner. Avery was building a castle with sugar packets. Her mother, who encouraged Avery to think of everything as a game, was encouraging her to build the castle at least five levels high.
Chapter 1 Summary. Chapter 1 starts with the book’s protagonist and first-person narrator, Avery Kylie Grambs, a teenage girl in her junior year of high school in New Castle, Connecticut, thinking about her mother. Avery reflects on the “games” her mom played with her as a kid, like “The Who Can Make Their Cookie Last Longer?” game ...
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The Sugar Packet. This item represents Tobias Hawthorne's cunning and the fact that he was playing the long game, as it jogs Avery's memory of the one time they met when she was a little girl. Libby's Cupcakes. These items are symbols of atonement and apology. The Keys to Hawthorne House
