* Shrimp: The majority of Shrimp takes place over the course of a summer, and is set primarily in the fictional beach town of Rockaway in Connecticut. The novel opens with the narrator, 16-year-old Alice, returning home to Rockaway after spending the school year at a boarding school in Connecticut. Alice has always felt like an outsider in Rockaway, and the novel follows her as she grapples with her own sense of identity and belonging. The novel also explores Alice's relationships with her friends, family, and new acquaintances, as well as her growing interest in photography as an art form. Like Sparrow, Shrimp also weaves between the present day and flashbacks to Alice's past that shed light on her character and motivations.