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The Music of Dolphins
Contributor(s): Hesse, Karen (Author)

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ISBN: 0590897985     ISBN-13: 9780590897983
Publisher: Scholastic
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 1998
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Annotation: FROM WILD CHILD TO....?

Mila creates headlines around the world when she is rescued from an unpopulated island off the coast of Florida. Now a teenager, she has been raised by dolphins from the age of four.

Researchers teach Mila language and music. She learns, too, about rules and expectations, about locked doors and broken promises, disappointment and betrayal.

The more Mila finds out what it means to be human, the more deeply she longs for her ocean home. . . .

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Marine Life
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 10-13
Grade Level: 5-8
Lexile Measure: 560(Not Available)
Series: Apple Signature Edition
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.24" W x 7.8" L (0.30 lbs) 192 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Awards: Nutmeg Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-6, 2000
Keystone to Reading Book Award, Winner, Intermediate, 1998
Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee, Grades 6-9, 1998
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 3-5, 2001
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2001
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/02/1998
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 17783
Reading Level: 3.4   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 3.0
 
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Publisher Description:
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.
 
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