Written by a veterinarian and brimming with bravery and beauty, this story of friendship, family, and community taps into the radiance of nature and dives into the important, timely issue of environmental protection and ecology. When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Felix and Kara work with vets and specialists to save her and reunite her with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef. But what the town gets is an unexpected new kid, a Paralympics sailing hopeful named Felix. Dredging the reef will mean fisherman can reel in more money.

They've had it with Kara's family and their devotion to protecting marine life and saving the reef. But it's more than a broken nose to Jake's family: It's fuel for the fire. Kara is not sorry she punched Jake in the nose-she simply couldn't stand to hear him say one more nasty thing about her missing mother, or her out-of-work father.or her. Agent: Victoria Birkett, Miles Stott Children's Literary Agency.A mother dolphin and her albino calf are in peril in this heart-pounding adventure from the author of the acclaimed Wild Wings. Quietly enhancing the story are Aparicio's ornate pencil and India ink il-lustrations, which call to mind traditional Japanese paintings.

A sense of moral urgency counters the characters' depression and helplessness, resulting in a poignant and satisfying story about acting for the greater good.

Disabilities subtly inform character for example, Kara and her father's dyslexia challenges them in school and work, while her friend Felix's cerebral palsy gives him divergent abilities on land and sea. Lewis (Wild Wings) captures the complexities of communal living, creating fully realized personalities with opposing needs and values. Her discovery of a young albino dolphin caught in a fishing net heightens the community's tense debate over the seabed's fate. Insecure employment and housing, an imminent lift on a 10-year ban on seabed dredging, and Kara's father's efforts to sell the family sailboat make Kara repeatedly feel the loss of her mother. Kara and her father are struggling to make ends meet a year after Kara's mother's disappearance on a dolphin-saving expedition. A fishing village in Cornwall, England, provides the setting for this multilayered drama.

One White Dolphin by Gill Lewis