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Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780590897983ISBN:0590897985
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780590897983ISBN:0590897985
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780590897983ISBN:0590897985
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 181 p. Apple Signature Edition. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780590897983ISBN:0590897985
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 181 p. Apple Signature Edition. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
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Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780590897983ISBN:0590897985
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Publisher: Scholastic, Inc
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780590897983ISBN:0590897985
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Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780590897983ISBN:0590897985
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"This is one of the most beautiful, memorable storie I have read in my life. I thought it started rather strangely for a novel, with an newspaper artile and an account of being captured.
This is about a feral child (later named Mila) who was in an oversea plane crash when she was young and has been living with dolphins since the age of four. One day she is found on the coast and taken to a school where she is to learn how to be "like other people."
This book takes a look at what it means to be human, and it does it well, from a strangely non-human point of view.
It turns out that maybe the life of humans these days is not right for every human. Maybe some humans like a life of freedom away from technology, society and high expectations than many of us live these days."
"I picked this book up when I was in fourth grade. It was then that I decided I wanted to become an author myself.
Yes, a little girl wouldn't be able to survive out at sea for so long. But isn't that the beauty of fiction? Do readers of vampire novels stop and think "How come their skin isn't rotting away, if they're dead?" No, of course they don't. So, you really shouldn't spoil a good story with rational thoughts.
Anyway, back to the book. It's one of my favorite stories from when I was younger. It must have touched me--even as a little girl--to have stuck with me for so long. It provoked many questions, and really got me thinking.
Music of Dolphins played out nicely. If it were a song it would be soft and beautiful with a sharp and thrilling chorus. A luring beginning and a refreshing conclusion. It's a story that should be shared."
"This book is about a girl, Mila, who knows not very much because she was raised as a dolphin but was found, taught and brought into the world to learn English. Mila shows her improvement in her change from dolphin girl to earth girl. She tries and wants to give up but getter better and stronger.
I can connect to Mila for trying so hard and having it pay it in the end but just mssing what you use to do because you've done it for so long. Somethings never change and you cant stop people from doing something you love its totally up to them.
I would rate this book a 4.5 because I love who they change the size from the beginning of the book to the end to show her progress as a learner to be a human. It something easy to follow her growth but it was hard to figure out why the author did that... which I liked! =)"
"I read this with my son's third grade class last May. So, memories are dim.
I consider this Flowers for Algernon lite. The author attempts to teach a similar lesson, that human beings are complex and as experiment subjects, things don't always turn out the best for them, but it doesn't really have the same aftertaste.
A girl survives a plane accident when she is around 4 (her mother and brother die), but she is never discovered and spends the next decade living with an adoptive pod of dolphins until she is found, once again, by society. By this time, she is wild, or feral, and can't talk, can't read or write, and has no understanding of what's "normal" for human beings.
As much as they try to bring her back into the human fold, this girl wants to be a dolphin. She wants to swim with her family, and sing and move as she's always done. As her understanding of humans progresses, her desire to return to life with her dolphin family increases, until she eventually regresses and is allowed to rejoin her dolphin family.
Ya. O.K. then. I get the author is trying to write a story about what it means to be human, and how we can all be different, but...fourth graders don't understand girls who want to be dolphins. I'm not sure they had the depth of experience to be empathetic. Because, who lives with dolphins?"
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