The Music of Dolphins (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780590897983)

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.

Author: Karen Hesse
ISBN-10: 0590897985
ISBN-13: 9780590897983
Publisher: Scholastic
Language: English
Published: 02/01/1998
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.24w x 0.55d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 17783 / Music of Dolphins

Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Winner
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/02/1998