Big Christopher, small Shelley. Like the tiny curly shell I'd found on the beach long ago. I could only see up the spiral to a certain place. I broke the shell with a stone, but then the spiral was gone. I saw that Christopher was big and small, and I was only small. How could I be like him? This is a story about two friends growing up in the Cape and experiencing a magical childhood - and the reality of a divided society. As time passes, their friendship deepens into love.