02265cam a2200373 i 4500 623717230 TxAuBib 20190312120000.0 180813s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781984827616 1984827618 (OCoLC)1048421481 TDS TDS eng eng rda rda TDS rda IGA rda TDS OCLCQ OCLCO KVIJL OCLCF PCX KYC JTH GZD TxAuBib IGA OCLCQ OCLCO KVIJL OCLCF PCX KYC JTH GZD TxAuBib rda Owens, Delia, author. Where The Crawdads Sing / By Delia Owens. First large print edition. [New York : Random House Large Print, [2018] 484 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark. But Kya is not what they say. Abandoned at age ten, she has survived on her own in the marsh that she calls home. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life lessons from the land, learning from the false signals of fireflies the real way of this world. But while she could have lived in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world--until the unthinkable happens. In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a heartbreaking coming of age story and a surprising murder investigation."-- Provided by publisher. 880L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.9 16 501715. 20190312. New York Times Best Sellers, 2019. Solitude Fiction. North Carolina Fiction. Best seller. Bildungsromans lcgft. Mystery fiction. Fiction. TXKPL