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Realistic Short Story 'Shells' By Cynthia Rylant
Shells by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction short story. It is a about a 14 year old boy. His parents passed away as they tell you in the beginning. As you read more into the story you will see all of the challenges he goes through without his parents. His aunt Esther talks about michael behind his back. But will one small hermit crab change everything? One way micheal needed to get closer to his aunt is they were always upset or crabby. They never talked unless they got into a fight or argument.for example in paragraph 9 he says ‘’ I dont punish youn't care about you!’’ so that started one big fight. Michael noticed his aunt on the phone talking bad about him behind his back. then Michael walked in the door coming home from school
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