Summary
When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environ... Full description
Summary: |
When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging. |
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Physical Description: |
338 p. 20 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781442414471 (hardback) 1442414472 (hardback) 9781442414501 (ebook) 1442414502 (ebook) |
Author Notes: |
Gill Lewis spent much of her childhood in the garden where she ran a small zoo and a veterinary hospital for creepy-crawlies, mice, and birds. When she grew up she became a real vet and travelled from the Arctic to Africa in search of interesting animals and places. Gill now writes books forchildren. Her previous novels, Sky Hawk, White Dolphin, and Moon Bear published to worldwide critical acclaim and have been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in the depths of Somerset with her husband and three children. In 2015 she won the Little Rebels Children¿s Book Award for radical children¿s fiction for her book Scarlet Ibis. (Bowker Author Biography) |