The book is called "The Pearl" and is written by John Stein-beck. It is a realistic fiction because most of the things it talks about could very well happen. The story takes place in a village that dives for pearls for a living called La Paz. At the beginning Coyotito (Kino's son) was bit by a scorpion and was thought to die when taken to the town doctor who knew Kino had no way to …showed first 75 words of 783 total…

…showed last 75 words of 783 total…was dead. They went home that day saying nothing the whole way. Juana carrying her dead baby and Kino carrying a rifle. Kino and Juana walked through the town like it wasn’t even there. Went to the sea and threw the pearl back like they should’ve done in the beginning. I would say this story was a drama because everywhere you went someone was after you and there was a lot of blood.