A desperate town. A child who emerges from the marshes. A falcon that helps her save them all.
The child - if child it was - came out of the wild-ness. It came out of the sparse bleak marsh
where few dared go and none came back. And though the town grew accustomed to the creature they
did not forget from whence it came. And they whispered that there was no knowing whether she
was sent as a blessing or a bane.' When the child emerges from the wilderness no one in the
town knows what to do with her. She is odd - half-wild without speech and seems to have an
unnatural bond with animals - especially the falcon who is always circling above her. The
wise-woman of the town takes her in and names her Rhodd but the rest of the town remain
suspicious. Over the years as Rhodd grows the town realises that the river which is their
connection to the wider world is beginning to die and eventually a dark sickness begins to
spread. Soon too soon the townspeople turn their suspicion on Rhodd and her falcon. And so
Rhodd sets out to discover what - or who - is causing the river to dry up...to protect her
mother her falcon and herself... A beautiful and enthralling adventure about love belonging
the delicate balance of nature - and the wildness within us all for fans of The Last Wild and
Where the Crawdads Sing for 9+ readers.
