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Cover of “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens · 2018

384 pages

Abandoned by her family as a child, Kya grows up alone in a North Carolina marsh, shunned by the nearby town as the Marsh Girl. She teaches herself to survive on the land and inches toward love, until a local man is found dead and she becomes the chief suspect.

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Outcast Hero, Small Town Secrets, Coming of Age, Survival, Courtroom Drama

Content warnings: sexual violence

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