8littlebookshelves

      1. Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski   Content This story follows an abandoned young boy who wanders alone through the frozen bogs and broken towns of Eastern Europe during and after World War II, trying to survive. His experiences and actions occur at and beyond the limits of what might be called humanity, but Kosinski never averts his eyes, nor allows us to ...   My View Harsh and brutal is the journey of this kid. It is impossible not to be appalled by the world and to feel for boy, to feel his pain and to see what is transforms him into.      2. Where the Crawdads sing by Delia Owens     Content Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl, is sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens her...