Loved this book! Aya is abandoned by her mother at an early age, her siblings walk away, and she's left with an alcoholic, abusive father growing up in the marshlands of NC. Eventually, he too just doesn't come home. Rumors in the small town surround her - she is scorned, laughed at, taunted. After her first, and only, day at school she determines she no longer needs human contact. However, one of the local boys befriends her and teaches her to read. What follows is a wonderful story of friendship, making yourself vulnerable, learning, and betrayal. When a local former high school football star turns up dead, everyone assumes it was marsh girl. The descriptions of the marshland, local flora and fauna are beautiful!
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