Characters
The cat in the county jail
Sunday Justice
Something Chase never took off
A shell necklace
Where Kya was raised at
the marsh
Left her to never return or see her again at the beginning of the story
Kya's Mother
Derived from the old French word "Escrevisse" and references a crustacean (hint, it's in the title of the book)
Crawdad
Tate's father
Scupper
Discerned to be Kya at night due to this by Hal Miller
Kya's boat
The name of the town Kya lives in
Barkley
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
Seen FROM here at night getting on and off the bus by the clerk and pedestrians
Piggly Wiggly
The town that Kya travels to to visit her publisher
Greenville
Brother of Kya that left her and joined the military and returned
Jodie
What is the legal term defined as "a judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which the person has been charged"
Acquittal
Kya's Lawyer
Tom Milton
A collection of art given to Chase
Kya's journal
The State in which the story takes place
Lived in New Orleans
Ma's parents
In what city does Tate's mom and sister get into a car accident
Asheville
Clerk at the Piggly Wiggly that gave Kya a net stocking with a blue whistle inside
Sarah Singleterry
The motel Kya stayed at in Greenville to be closer to the bus station
The Three Mountains motel
The ocean next to where Kya lives
The Atlantic
A mystified people that fought in the Civil War, lost their money in the Great Depression, and all according to story
Pa's family
What did Kya call Chase's fiance
"Alwayswearspearls"