The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Music of Dolphins
Book Review: An unusual, fascinating story
Summary: 5 Stars
A young girl is discovered swimming in the waters between Florida and Cuba, and when researchers bring her in, they learn that she has been living with dolphins, basically raised by them and taught to communicate and survive in their world. In the laboratory, where they attempt to teach her human speech and behavior, this girl they've named Mila makes slow progress, and eventually she must choose between living in their world and living in the one she has known for most of her life. This unusual, fascinating story is made even more so by the fact that it is told by Mila, and like Flowers for Algernon, we see her speech and behavior slowly improve as the story is told, and then decline as she realizes that she would rather live among the dolphins than with humans. An intriguing book that will appeal to anyone interested in psychology, especially the psychology of language acquisition and the stories of historical figures such as the Wild Boy of Averon and Genie.Book Review: Artistically -- meant to be read aloud !
Summary: 4 Stars
There are many ways to discuss, appreciate & analyze this book. A lot of it is busily going on here among the reviews. I have been reading it to my fifth grader (boy) as a bedtime story. At first I had my doubts about the style, thinking it was perhaps dubiously precious or overly self-conscious. It is in fact pure poetry. Very interesting.
I don't think my son considers it verse, the way he enjoys Richard Scarry's Nursery Rhymes or Dr. Seuss. I think he likes it for the simple and straightforward progress of the words. It is easy for him to follow, and he hasn't been falling asleep on me.
So it works for both of us. Because it is so deceptively simple, I think one might read it too fast if one were not reading it aloud. Give it a try if you have the chance.
Book Review: Awesome book
Summary: 5 Stars
Theres a girl named Mila and her mom got into a plane accident and so Mila went into the ocean and lived with the dohlphins and the dohlphins took care of her. When she wanted to get a drink she whould go up on land and take a shell and get water in it and whould drink it sometimes she would use her hands to get the water but one day a airplane flew over and saw her and started going after her she tried to get back to the ocean but they caught her the dohlphin mother was sqeeking for Mila but Mila couldnt go back.Then when the plane landed the pillot brang Mila to some doctors and they watched her for a long time and then like a year later they brought her back to the ocean and she lived with them ever since.Book Review: Awesome book
Summary: 5 Stars
Theres a girl named Mila and her mom got into a plane accident and so Mila went into the ocean and lived with the dohlphins and the dohlphins took care of her. When she wanted to get a drink she whould go up on land and take a shell and get water in it and whould drink it sometimes she would use her hands to get the water but one day a airplane flew over and saw her and started going after her she tried to get back to the ocean but they caught her the dohlphin mother was sqeeking for Mila but Mila couldnt go back.Then when the plane landed the pillot brang Mila to some doctors and they watched her for a long time and then like a year later they brought her back to the ocean and she lived with them ever since.Book Review: BEAUTIFUL
Summary: 5 Stars
For one point, Dolphins have always been a favorite topic of mine, so in reading that this girl--Mila, was raised by Dolphins untill her "rescue" was of course a book I just had to read. I was a bit surprised that the lettering was a bit large in the early parts of the book, but I understood that it was because this story was mostly in Mila's (the main character) perspective--in which, she hardly spoke English that well. "The Music of Dolphins" is a great book, it told of Mila's experience being in society and with her own kind. She compares life as a human to that of when she was with the Dolphins from her earlier life and knows that she longs to be back with her ocean family. The book pulled me in and I ended up finishing the book the day I got it. This was an excellent story of a 'wild' girl who learned what being human (again) was like, but better longed for her earlier 'second' family.