Awards

• Short-listed for Nutmeg Book Award (Grades 4-6) 2000
• Short-listed for Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Grades 3-5) 2001
• Short-listed for Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Grades 6-8) 2001
• Winner of Keystone to Reading Book Award (Intermediate) 1998

Overview

"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."

Full Product Details

Author:   Karen Hesse
Publisher:   Scholastic US
Imprint:   Scholastic US
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.136kg
ISBN:  

9780590897983

ISBN 10:   0590897985
Pages:   181
Publication Date:   01 February 1998
Recommended Age:   From 10 to 13 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Mila's rich inner voice makes her a lovely, lyrical character. - Voice of Youth Advocates

* Haunting and unforgettable -- School Library Journal

Author Information

Karen Hesse is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many books for children. Her titles include Witness, The Cats in Krasinski Square, and the Newbery Medal winner Out of the Dust, among many others. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two teenaged daughters.

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