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adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
A lovely and heartbreaking book following a young girl who's only ever known life on her small island. She doesn't know where she's from, nor who her parents were, but she knows the man who taught her to fish, what to do in case of a storm, and how to live on their small island. And she knows the kind woman on the mainland who is her friend. But everyone must come from somewhere, and surely there's a reason why everyone else on the mainland acts so hostile towards her? When the man comes to begin poking around on the island where no one goes, she decides that she's going to get answers, even if she has to find them herself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation
Minor: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury