
"Haunting and deeply humane, Shells on Water Street brings to life the blistered hands and unbreakable spirit of child oyster shuckers in 1900s Maryland; a stirring tale of resilience, resistance, and the quiet power of education to spark change." - NewInBooks.com...

At the turn of the twentieth century, in the oyster town of Crisfield, Maryland, ten-year-old Elsie Crockett and her younger sister Nora spend their days bent over buckets of brine. From dawn until dusk, they shuck oysters with rag-wrapped knives, their hands blistered and...