The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse

The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse

They call her Mila, from the Spanish word for miracle. Lost after a plane crash when she was small, Mila has been cared for ever since by dolphins. When she is eventually spotted on an unpopulated island off Cuba, she is an adolescent and seems hardly human to her rescuers. Mila is taken to a child study center in Boston. Eager to please, she makes rapid progress in language and social skills. With her recorder, Mila finds she can even make music like the dolphin songs she yearningly remembers. But the more Mila discovers about what it means to be human--the locked doors, the rules, the betrayals--the more she longs for her watery home and gentle dolphin family. In an emotionally wracking conclusion, she returns to the world where her ears never want for song. Where, although she cannot stand on her tail or jump the waves, she is part of the music of dolphins.

Karen Hesse is the author of numerous books for children, including the Newbery Medal-winning Out of the Dust, Letters from Rifka, Phoenix Rising, Sable and Lavender. She has won awards such as the Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Prize, the Christopher Award, and the MacArthur Fellowship Genius Award, making her only the second children's book author to earn this accolade. Hesse was born in Baltimore and attended the University of Maryland. Her spouse Randy and she live in Vermont.

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ISBN 13	9780590897983
ISBN 10	0590897985
Title	The Music of Dolphins
Author	Karen Hesse
Series	Apple Classics Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Scholastic US
Year published	1998-02-01
Number of pages	181
Prizes	Winner of Keystone to Reading Book Award (Intermediate) 1998, Short-listed for Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Grades 3-5) 2001, Short-listed for Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Grades 6-8) 2001, Short-listed for Nutmeg Book Award (Grades 4-6) 2000, Short-listed for Black-Eyed Susan Award (Grades 6-9) 1998
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