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The Music of Dolphins
By Hesse, Karen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-59089-797-6
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic Press, c1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1996
Gr 6-9 After a plane crash off the coast of Cuba, a four-year-old survives, nurtured by dolphins. At adolescence, the girl is "rescued" by the Coast Guard and turned over to a scientist who has a government grant to study the part language acquisition plays in socialization. Mila, the otherworldly "dolphin girl," is enthusiastic to please, learning to speak words and write her thoughts on a computer, but gradually she understands that she is a prisoner "in the net of humans." She begins to lose ground, re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
