Turtle Girl
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"My house was my shell, and now, now, it's gone. My dad was my shell and he's gone too. I had nothing until I met you Detroit. Now I have a new shell."
Taylee is a 15-year-old girl who feels like a turtle.
Her dad wouldn't let her go outside or even stick her hand out the window.
He thinks something bad is going to happen if she leaves the safety of the house. Taylee has always wanted to go to school but has been homeschooled until 9th grade.
Then something big happens, something that changes Taylees life and she finally ends up going to school, Riversdale High School.
It's not like anything she was expecting.
She feels like a turtle without a shell.
Her house was her shell and now it's gone.
Really, she now lives in a children's home.
Will, she ever feel normal or will she always feel like a turtle?
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