The Crow-Girl

Written by Bodil Bredsdorff · Translated by Faith Ingwersen

Book #1 in the The Children of Crow Cove series

A girl follows crows on a journey, discovering warmth and forming a new family.

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160 pages· 26,532 words· Est. 3.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

In a secluded cove, a girl lives with her aging grandmother. When her grandmother passes, the girl follows beckoning crows, embarking on a journey filled with encounters of warmth and coldness. As she navigates through moments of darkness and light, she unknowingly begins to form a new family. Will the kindness of strangers guide her to a new beginning, or will the shadows of loss linger? Discover the Crow-Girl's path to healing and connection in this lyrical tale of humanity and hope.

From the publisher

A timeless novel about the kindness of strangers Near a little cove where a brook runs out to the sea live a girl and her grandmother. All alone with no neighbors at all, the two lead a peaceful existence. They have a house, dine on sea kale and mussels and sand snails, and build fires from driftwood. But the grandmother is very old. When the time comes that the girl must bury the woman, she makes up a funeral song about the birds she is watching: Two crows never fly alone, and death is never, ever past. The next day the same crows seem to beckon her, and so the Crow-Girl begins her journey, one in which she will meet people both warm and cold, hurt and hurtful. And the Crow-Girl, before she knows it, has the makings before her of a new family . . . This lyrical story, with its characters’ moments of darkness always overcome through incredible humanity, introduces a strong new voice for American readers.