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| The Music of Dolphins (Apple Signature Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Hesse
Publisher: Topeka Bindery
Category: Book
Buy New: $15.30
New (1) Used (3) from $9.63
Avg. Customer Rating:  113 reviews
Media: School & Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 061306836X
EAN: 9780613068369
Publication Date: October 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks
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Product Description
A stunning novel about a 'wild girl' who is discovered swimming with the dolphins, and the story of people's attempts to make her truly human. Mila creates headlines around the world when she is rescued from an unpopulated island off the coast of Florida. Now a teenager, she has been raised by dolphins from the age of four. Researchers teach Mila language and music. She learns, too, about rules and expectations, about locked doors and broken promises, disappointment and betrayal. The more Mila finds out what it means to be human, the more deeply she longs for her island home. With a highly original narrative style to mirror its plot, this is an unusual, moving and appealing story which stays in the mind long after it is read.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 108 more reviews...
 I like this book October 7, 2008
This book The Music Of Dolphins, is a GREAT story so far from where I'm at. This novel is a fun book to read also, I definately would give it a 5* rating. Share this book with your friends and hope you will like it too!!!
The Music of Dolphins BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! October 7, 2008
This book is the best book I have EVER READ! I highly recommend this book to girls and boys ages 9-13
 The Music of Dolphins: A heart-warming tale October 15, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was amazing! A young girl the humans called "Mila" is found near the island of Cuba and brought into the National Institute of Mental Health in Miami, Florida. After she starts learning to speak, Mila is continuously asking when she can return to her dolphin family. As the novel moves along, Mila learns more and more about why she can't return to her dolphin family. The longer she is with humans the more she longs for the sea. Will Mila be reunited with her Fishy Family? I know what you're thinking. I'm not telling you. You will have to read it like everyone else.
I loved how this book was put into autobiographical form. Because it is written from the point of view of Mila, as her vocabulary and her knowledge grow the story becomes more and more complicated. I also enjoyed how vividly the author describes the characters in the book. The author uses imagery to make you feel like your really there. I would recommend this fantastic novel to anyone who likes heart-warming tales.
Our summer book club loved this book! July 28, 2007
We are a book club of girls entering [...]. We all loved this book. There was so much to discuss and talk about. We loved exploring the differences between Shay, who was not shown love, and Mila, who had a loving dolphin family. Shay was unable to respond to human contact or relate to music at all. Even though the tug of the sea and her life with the dolphins eventually reclaims Mila, she makes a valiant attempt at living in the world of men.
 A speechless dolphin March 2, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am writing this because I am doing it for a reading assignment. I rated it 2 stars because it was catchy but the point of the story was given away in the middle of the story.
I would recommend this book to kids from the ages of 9-12 because it is easy at the beginning and it gets harder towards the middle.
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