The Music of Dolphins
Author: 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 lang….Read More
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