Dolphin Sky by Ginny, Rorby
Dolphin Sky by Ginny, Rorby

Dolphin Sky

Set in 1968, before the passage of the Marine Mammal Act, Dolphin Sky is about a dyslexic...
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Author: Rorby Ginny
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Language: English
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Dolphin Sky by Ginny, Rorby

Dolphin Sky

$159.35
Dolphin Sky by Ginny, Rorby

Dolphin Sky

$159.35
Author: Rorby Ginny
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Set in 1968, before the passage of the Marine Mammal Act, Dolphin Sky is about a dyslexic girl who takes huge risks to befriend a pair of captive dolphins. On her 12th birthday, motherless Buddy Martin is entranced by some performing dolphins she sees at a squalid tourist trap near her home in Chokoloskee, Florida, an Everglades fishing village. Considered "dumb" because she can't read properly and constantly gets directions reversed, Buddy feels empathy for the animals her father says are "too dumb" to miss their lost freedom. Against the wishes of her father but abetted by her crippled and ailing grandfather, Buddy surreptitiously undertakes the 10-mile boat trip as often as she can to see the dolphins, one of whom, Annie, becomes her special friend. Meanwhile, while working on a science project, Buddy teams up with a visiting scientist who not only warns her of the health dangers the dolphins face but also takes her to Miami, where she is diagnosed as dyslexic. For Buddy, knowledge is power: as she learns to overcome her disability, she likewise stands up for herself against her classroom nemesis and her father to save the dolphins. "Believable characters, convincingly portrayed relationships, a deeply moving plot and a wealth of intimate details of Everglades life combine to make this novel a real winner." Ages 10-14. From a Starred review by Publisher's Weekly.



Author: Rorby Ginny
Publisher: Lonely Child Press
Published: 08/02/2016
Pages: 282
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780996940139
Audience: Ages 9-12

About the Author
Ginny, Rorby: - Ginny Rorby holds an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Miami, an MFA in Creative Writing from the Florida International University, and is the author of 5 novels for Young Adults, Dolphin Sky, (Putnam, '96) and Hurt Go Happy, (Tor Books, '06) which won the American Library Association's Schneider Family Book Award (2008) and was nominated for six state reading awards and published in 7 languages. A new edition from Tor Teen will be published in October 2015. The Outside of a Horse (Dial Penguin, '10) was a Scholastic Book Fair selection, and Lost in the River of Grass (Lerner Books '11) won the 2013 Sunshine State Young Readers Award. How to Speak Dolphin (Scholastic Books '15) has sold in the Netherlands and France. Website: www.ginnyrorby.org
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