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Where the Crawdads Sing is a bestselling novel by Delia Owens that blends a coming-of-age story, a murder mystery, and a celebration of nature, following Kya Clark, the "Marsh Girl," who grows up isolated in the North Carolina marshes and becomes the prime suspect in a local murder. The story alternates between Kya's lonely childhood and adolescence, where she learns to survive and becomes a self-taught naturalist, and a 1969 murder investigation that implicates her. It explores themes of isolation, prejudice, love, and the wild beauty of the natural world.