Characters
Gives Kya supplies and money in exchange for oysters
Jumpin
Kya's lifeline to the world after Pa leaves
Her boat
Where Kya was raised at
the swamp
Left her to never return or see her again at the beginning of the story
Kya's Mother
Difference between a creek and an estuary?
A creek is a stream of water branching off from a larger body of water where an estuary is the body of water that meets the ocean.
Tate's father
Scupper
Bags that Kya puts the oysters in
The name of the town Kya lives in
Barkley Cove
Left her for herself and was always drunk
Kya's Father
It's what Kya sells to Jumpin
Mussels
Chase's mother
Patti Love or Sam Andrews
What Tate gives Kya for her birthday
A cake and several presents including a magnifying glass, a hairclip and a paint set
Where Jumpin' lives
Colored Town
Brother of Kya that left her
Jodie
Kya eats this at lunch on her day at school
Leaves Kya after promising to return on July 4th
Tate
Item in which Tate reads to find out Kya's birthday
Bible
The State in which the story takes place
North Carolina
How many siblings does Kya have?
4
Kya's age in chapter 1 vs. Kya's age in the prologue
6 and 23
Clerk at the Piggly Wiggly that gave Kya a net stocking with a blue whistle inside
Sarah Singleterry
What was initially left on the stump?
A bird feather
The grocery store in which Kya gets her first solo grits from
Piggly Wiggly
A mystified people that fought in the Civil War, lost their money in the Great Depression, and all according to story
Pa's family