This may not move fast enough for some, but be assured by reading the tale you’ll have a better understanding of those living without sound both on land and in the ocean. The majority of the narration comes via Iris, but a few third person chapters focus on what is happening in Blue 55’s world. Slight problem-they do so without letting anyone else know what they are up to-including Iris’s parents and her school. They fly off from Houston to San Francisco and board a cruise ship to Alaska. Her timely journey to meet the whale is made possible by a grandmother who still mourns the loss of her husband, Iris’s grandpa. But somehow she has to find a way to share her song. When Iris learns of his plight from her teacher, she creates a song at the whale’s 55-hertz frequency so the creature will know someone is listening. Far away, off the Pacific coast, a lonely whale sings at a different frequency than the other whales. Neither are able to communicate very well with those around them.įor Iris, she’s often frustrated with those who can’t sign or often misinterpret her words. Twelve-year-old Iris makes an instant connection with a whale named Blue 55.
This quiet story makes a lot of noise both in one’s understanding of what it’s like to be deaf and how sound is crucial in the whale’s underwater world. IT’S ANOTHER MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY!
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