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Lesson plan and materials compiled by Karen Gaul of Winchester-Thurston, for Global Issues Through Literature (2016-2017). The Day of the Pelican is a novel that explores the journey of a Muslim, Albanian family as they flee Kosovo and land in Vermont just before the events of 9/11.