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Violence
Some
An investigation into what three girls experienced; implied serious abuse; the silence is itself disturbing
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Implied sexual abuse; the girls' silence protects a secret involving abuse
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
The specific horror of survivors who protect their abusers out of something that is not loyalty; Anna's determination to understand without forcing the truth before the girls are ready to give it
What this book is about
Three teenage girls vanish from a church camping group in Rocky Mountain National Park, and are found months later — alive, but refusing to speak about what happened to them in the wilderness. National Park Ranger Anna Pigeon investigates what the girls experienced and what they are protecting by their silence. Nevada Barr's fifteenth Anna Pigeon novel is the most focused on psychological trauma and the specific way that silence can be both a protection and a wound. The Rocky Mountain setting is rendered with the series' characteristic precision.
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fifteenth Anna Pigeon novel by Nevada Barr; Rocky Mountain National Park setting
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