Summary Of Slow Than Rest By Cynthia Rylant

In the story “Slower than Rest” by Cynthia Rylant, a boy named Leo was called slower than the rest by everyone, in school, and even his own father called him slow, this hurt Leo and he even he started to think that it was true and thought about himself like that too it has a damaging effect on Leo. (pg 2) one day while on the road, Leo found a turtle on the side of the road and he got to keep it, he brought it home and kept it as a pet, he named it Charlie and he became his best friend, since Charlie was slower than the rest, just like Leo, so Leo felt like he had some one that was like him. Towards the end of the story Leo Brings Charlie to school for a presentation about forest fires, everyone loves it and he wins an award and he proves