![]() Young Fern Arable pleads for the life of runt piglet Wilbur and gets her father to sell him to a neighbor, Mr. 8-12)Ī successful juvenile by the beloved New Yorker writer portrays a farm episode with an imaginative twist that makes a poignant, humorous story of a pig, a spider and a little girl. Animal-loving readers will enjoy this mild middle-grade thriller. ![]() How will they survive? Why do the dolphins suddenly beach themselves? And who are the shady men whose boat prowls the offshore waters? As in the earlier book, the quick pace, the dynamics among the kids and the undeniable appeal of Martine’s mystical attachment to animals keep the pages turning, regardless of plot contrivances. In short order, Martine, her friend Ben and some of her most poisonous antagonists from school find themselves marooned on a deserted island, cast overboard during a storm and miraculously rescued by dolphins. Moreover, the cave paintings that eerily foretold her previous adventures now depict a lone swimmer surrounded by dolphins-and sharks. But events soon conspire to unseat her newfound ease: A multi-day school cruise will both take her away from Jemmy, her giraffe friend, and force her to swim, something she’s deathly afraid of. ![]() Six months after the action of last year’s The White Giraffe, Martine has pretty much settled in with her grandmother at her South Africa game reserve. ![]()
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