I found the writing and vivid descriptions of the wildlife on the Marsh beautiful. However the story was not plausible for me. There were too many non sequiturs and unanswered questions about Kya’s life I the Marsh and how she survived. Where were all the other Marsh people and how was it that she never saw them. The murder was not plausible or we weren’t told enough. The court case was weak so was the ending. As a biologist I find it hard to believe that Kya could, with no education, be able to identify, draw and classify all those plants, birds and animals and then publish. There has to be more to her education than told.