Read Chapters 11-21
Content Summary for Teachers
Chapters 11-21 (1/2)
In 1956, ten-year-old Kya continues to live out her isolated existence in the marsh. Over time, Pa disappears from the shack for longer periods, and eventually, Kya accepts that Pa will likely never return. Without Pa's disability money, Kya runs dangerously low on supplies. Even though she is desperate and hungry, Kya does not want assistance from the state, as she "can't leave the gulls, the heron, the shack," because "the marsh is all the family" she has. When Kya's lamp runs out of kerosene, she gathers mussels on the beach and takes her catch to Jumpin's gas station. Jumpin' offers Kya fifty cents for one sack of...
