Literary Fiction · Free kit
Wild Dark Shore
Dominic Salt and his children Raff, Fen, and Orly are the last caretakers of Shearwater Island, a storm-cut rock near Antarctica that holds a global seed vault. Researchers have already left; the sea is coming for the buildings, the beaches, and the seeds. Then a woman named Rowan washes ashore, half-drowned, and the family's careful isolation starts to crack. McConaghy's 2025 novel is a climate-haunted mystery about grief, ferocious love, and the impossible work of choosing what to save.
“But here is the nature of life. That we must love things with our whole selves, knowing they will die.”
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Wild Dark Shore Printables
Get the full printable pack on Etsy, or print individual pages from Bingo, Discussion Questions, and Hosting.
Seed-story and shore sticker sheet
Die-cut stickers inspired by a lighthouse, a seed jar, a violin, a seal, and a dark shoreline — for journals or meeting favors.
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Favorite quote cards
Blank cards for the line that stayed: the whole-selves-knowing-they-will-die sentence, the hope-and-defiance line about loving a place, or whatever your group underlined.
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Character superlatives ballot
Vote Fen vs. Dominic vs. Orly vs. Rowan in categories that will start arguments, then tally out loud.
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Book club invite
Printable invite with the kit's hook, the what-would-you-keep question, and meeting details.
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Review sheet
Likes/dislikes for the island setting, the rotating voices, the mystery, the ending, and tears-to-hope ratio.
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