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Georgia Carvalho
Nov 12, 2019 rated it it was ok
Unlike most readers, this was a total miss for me. The nature writing is the best part, but al the dialect and what that poor child goes through was not for me.
Johanne
This was a quick and enjoyable read. Great characters and setting, and a decent enough mystery in the plot (although not really the centre of the story) to keep you turning the pages. There were a few awkward things that reminded me that this was the author’s first work of fiction - what I thought was a pretty inelegant use of poetry (at the end I finally understood why it was there, but it just seemed so shoved into the story), the need to describe all the food of every meal in detail, things l ...more
AmyAmy
Nov 30, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: finished-reading
Just about everyone in our Book Club enjoyed this book, tho a few thought it was unrealistic that a small child could survive on her own. One father in our Book Club said his six year old can't even pour a bowl of cereal.

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1. WHY did the older siblings leave Kya?
I kept waiting to see why they left her behind. When the answer came, it wasn’t enough.

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Jul 05, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Amazing book loved it.
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