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Southpaw By Judith Viorst And Concha
People fight. Do you fight? This is a girl named Janet and she is trying to get on the baseball team but richard said no. In concha the two boys were playing a game and they see an ant hole and they ask for help and they ask from comcha. These realistic fiction short stories southpaw by Judith viorst and concha by Mary helen ponce have many similarities and differences between them.

This paragraph will be about the characters in the south paw and in concha. The same experiences they both have to do with game and both arguing a lot and they both have boys and girls.
This paragraph will be comparing contrasting the setting. In concha and the southpaw they are both outside. But they are located in different in different spots. In southpaw

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