Where the Crawdads Sing
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Book Fair
For many years, "Marsh Girl" rumors have haunted Barclay Cove, a quiet town on the coast of North Carolina. So in late 1969, when the handsome Chase Andrews was found dead, locals immediately suspected Kia Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kia is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, for years alone she has lived in the swamp that she calls home, found friends in seagulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when you long to be touched and loved. When two young men from the city are dazzled by its wild beauty, Kia opens itself to a new life - until the unimaginable happens. Where The Crawdads Sing is a great ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking story of coming of age, and a surprising story of a possible murder. Owens reminds us that our children have formed us forever, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature maintains.
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