Kya feels at home in the marshes of South Carolina. She grows up in a shack in the marshes with her parents and siblings. Slowly each member of her family leaves because of her abusive father. Eventually Kya is left alone at about age 9 or 10. She has to learn how to survive, because she doesn’t want to go to a group home in town. The marsh and the beach and the animals have always been there for her. She’s a naturalist and an […]