I turn my back on them and look down to the footpath on the far side of the wall. I’ve heard all this before, a thousand times. “Learn to spell your name yet, Kara? K-a-r-a W-o-o-d. “She won’t get there, though,” calls Ethan. “You’re in big trouble, Kara-Two-Planks!” shouts Jake. I rip out another page and set it free, soaring upward, skyward.
I run my finger along the rough leather binding of the book. He jumps to pull me off, but I pull my legs up out of reach. Ethan’s standing next to him, trying to find fingerholds in the granite blocks of the wall. Jake’s pink face is squinting up at me against the glare of sun.
The pages soar and tumble across cow-scattered fields into the haze above the silver blue sea. I let it go and watch it fly up into the clear, blue sky. It flutters in my hand like a tiny bird, desperate to escape. The paper is tissue thin and edged with gold. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Written by a veterinarian and brimming with bravery and beauty, this story of friendship, family, and community taps into the radiance of nature and dives into the important, timely issue of environmental protection and ecology. When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Felix and Kara work with vets and specialists to save her and reunite her with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef. That’s what the town needs.īut what the town gets is an unexpected new kid, a Paralympics sailing hopeful named Felix. Dredging the reef will mean fisherman can reel in more money. They’ve had it with Kara’s family and their devotion to protecting marine life and saving the reef. But it’s more than a broken nose to Jake’s family: It’s fuel for the fire. Kara is not sorry she punched Jake in the nose-she simply couldn’t stand to hear him say one more nasty thing about her missing mother, or her out-of-work father.or her. A mother dolphin and her albino calf are in peril in this heart-pounding adventure from the author of the acclaimed Wild Wings.
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