Characters
This is the name of the person whose dead body was found in the marsh
This is the year that Chase Andrews body was found
"G-o-d"
Who is Kya Clark?
This is the nearby town to where Kya lives.
What is Barkley Cove?
This is the name for the front of a boat.
What is the Bow?
This person teaches Kya how to read.
Who is Tate Walker?
Name the foreign fibers the Sheriff and Deputy find on Chase Andrews body.
What is Red Wool?
"I wadn't aware that words could hold so much. I didn't know a sentence could be so full."
Who is Kya Clark?
Name the U.S. state the book is set in.
What is North Carolina?
Wharf
a platform built on the shore that extends over the surface of the water
This is Pas real name
What is Jackson (Jake) Clark?
Name one of the feathers that Tate leaves in the stump for Kya.
What is a wild turkey tail feather? Great blue heron eyebrow feather? tropicbird feather?
"Well, we better hide way out there where the crawdads sing."
Who is Tate Walker?
Pa is originally from outside of what city.
What is Asheville?
Cotton Weevil
Beetle that attacks and eats cotton plants
This character is a shrimp boat captain.
Who is Scupper Walker?
This is how old Kya is when Pa leaves for good.
What is ten years old?
"I can already think of a few guys up to it."
Who is Deputy Joe Purdue
Kya watches and gives descriptive names to the local girls at this specific landmark.
What is Point Beach?
the small circular bones that form the spine of a human being or animal.
Vertebra
This is the character that teaches Kya the difference between Quarters, nickels and dimes.
Who is Mrs. Singletary?
Name the government agency Kya runs from in chapter 17.
What is Social Services?
"I hafta go, Kya. Can't live here no longer."
Who is Jodie Clark?
What is New Orleans?
Veranda
a roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor.