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One White Dolphin (2012)

by Gill Lewis(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1442414472 (ISBN13: 9781442414471)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

review 1: My 4th grade daughter started White Dolphin and shelved it, saying that she didn't like the narrator. But several mothers said the book was amazing so I read it.I understand where my 9-year-old could not connect with the protagonist: a lonely girl lost her mother, she and her father experience financial hardship, he sells an important symbol of the family unit, fishermen destroy the sea floor and kill symbolic life, and the girl and her friend overcome social and physical challenges to save the day. Within the plot are wonderful conservation messages and an understanding of the complexities of choice.My daughter is just beginning to learn empathy for fictional characters so she's not ready to glean the truths from White Dolphin. Of course she would not relate because she h... moreas nothing in common with the protagonist. As with most fiction, she needs the maturity to read from another's perspective without criticizing the book. Although her reading level is a good fit, her maturity level is too young. We will keep this novel in her bookshelf and try again next year.
review 2: This is the second book we have listened to as an audiobook with our children ages 8 and 11. Gill Lewis is a vet and writes about saving animals eg environmental,issues with wonderful and engaging child characters. Kara's mother has disappeared and she relates strongly to a dolphin who may lose its mother too. Both adults and children will thoroughly enjoy this audio book, read in different voice for each character. It is on the Telegraph's list of recommended books for children and families. Thoroughly engaging. less

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