Kira Fauver

Shells Kira Fauver

Every evening best friends Helix and Sammy meet at the vegetable patch to feast on delicious lettuce. Helix lives on the south side of the garden fence with the stripy-shelled snails and Sammy lives on the north side with the speckle-shelled snails. Helix had always assumed that life for his best friend was as equally blissful until one day he notices how sad Sammy looks and asks him what is wrong. When Helix discovers what life is really like on the other side of the fence the two friends embark on an adventure of revelations and revolutions... Shells is a book aimed at helping young children better understand systemic racism, the nature of privilege and the importance of standing up for equal opportunities for all.