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One White Dolphin

written by Gill Lewis

Illustrator: Raquel Aparicio

Ages: 9+

Published: 2012

Publisher: Atheneum/S&S

ISBN: 978-1-4424-1447-1

Keywords: Ecology, Fishing, Dolphins

In a failing English fishing village, twelve-year-old Kara and Felix join forces to save a baby dolphin and discover ways to heal themselves.