Eight Dolphins of Katrina: A True Tale of Survival

by Janet Wyman Coleman

Book Overview

This heartening, real-life rescue story* will grip young readers.

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina crashed a forty-foot tidal wave over the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Mississippi.

The dolphin house was demolished, and its inhabitants swept from their tank into the Gulf of Mexico. After growing up in captivity, how could the eight bottlenose dolphins feed and protect themselves in the wild? And if they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 054771923X
• ISBN13: 9780547719238
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4