Showing posts with label Karen Hesse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karen Hesse. Show all posts

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

KPE Episode 257: "The Music of Dolphins"

Mubasshira and Toreka
"The Music of Dolphins" by Karen Hesse is podcast by Mubasshira and Toreka from Room 17.
The novel thay have chosen to read is about a 'wild girl' , Mila, 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. She has been raised by dolphins from the age of four and is now a teenager. 
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.

You can read this book online here.