It is easy to feel confused and insecure when you are in between two important stages of life such as being a child and being a teenager. Many things change and it can be hard to know exactly who you are, especially when your role models are not too good examples to follow. Sometimes you just have to face reality and realize that it is time to move on with your life. These are all relevant themes of the short story "Ernie Breaks" written by Genevieve Scott.
“Ernie Breaks” is a story about a girl called Cara and her brother Jed who receive a turtle named Ernie as a passing present. At first, everything is fine, but Cara and Jed´s relationship gets worse and worse as the story evolves. In the end, Cara tries to rescue Ernie from Jed´s room, but she accidently drops him and he dies. The story is written in present and is told from the point of view of the main character, Cara, who is also the narrator, making it a first person narrator. This makes us identify with her because we know her thoughts and feelings. The language is colloquial, which makes it easy to understand. The style of the language is quite high, so it seems a little too well formulated for a ten year-old. The story is told chronologically but skips passages of time.
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