Claire Messud's "Land Divers" (short story, non-genre, free): Three adventures of an Australian 8-year old

1. A burglary at her home.
2. Witnessing a potentially deadly coming-of-age ritual of boys in an unfamiliar South Pacific village (as a tourist). Title is related to these rituals.
3. Her 2 years senior sister's first, & violent, encounter with a love-struck boy.

Fact sheet.

First published: The New York Review of Books, Vol 56 No 12 (16 July 2009).
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Rating: A.