Dolphin Sky
From G. P. Putnam's Sons
From the Original Flap
People are always mistaking Buddy Martin for a boy. Truth is, most people think she's dumb, too. Taunts from the kids at school come regular as rain, and her father's disapproval darkens every day of her life. But just because Buddy mixes up right and left, can't read very well, and near about faints every time she has to read in front of the class doesn't mean she's dumb.
Buddy pays attention to different things: the birds, the alligators, and the sea life around Chokoloskee, an island off the Florida Everglades where she lives. And when Buddy meets the dolphins kept at Stevens Everglade Eden, the bond she feels with them is effortless and natural. Like her, they are trapped and treated as if they're dumb.
Buddy's grandfather is the only one who seems to believe in her no matter what. He takes her up Turner River to visit the dolphins in secret, and from then on Buddy goes whenever she misses them. But her grandfather's health begins to decline rapidly, just when Buddy learns that the dolphins' lives are threatened. Faced with the possibility that she could lose all of them at once, Buddy risks her father's condemnation and the law to take matters into her own hands.
In an extraordinary debut, Ginny Rorby tells the story of an exceptional child with dyslexia who is learning for the first time in her life that real freedom comes from being true to what's inside your heart.
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From G. P. Putnam's Sons
From the Original Flap
People are always mistaking Buddy Martin for a boy. Truth is, most people think she's dumb, too. Taunts from the kids at school come regular as rain, and her father's disapproval darkens every day of her life. But just because Buddy mixes up right and left, can't read very well, and near about faints every time she has to read in front of the class doesn't mean she's dumb.
Buddy pays attention to different things: the birds, the alligators, and the sea life around Chokoloskee, an island off the Florida Everglades where she lives. And when Buddy meets the dolphins kept at Stevens Everglade Eden, the bond she feels with them is effortless and natural. Like her, they are trapped and treated as if they're dumb.
Buddy's grandfather is the only one who seems to believe in her no matter what. He takes her up Turner River to visit the dolphins in secret, and from then on Buddy goes whenever she misses them. But her grandfather's health begins to decline rapidly, just when Buddy learns that the dolphins' lives are threatened. Faced with the possibility that she could lose all of them at once, Buddy risks her father's condemnation and the law to take matters into her own hands.
In an extraordinary debut, Ginny Rorby tells the story of an exceptional child with dyslexia who is learning for the first time in her life that real freedom comes from being true to what's inside your heart.
Click To Read About Hurt Go Happy