Following the Rainbow

by Ben M. Baglio

Book Overview

Jody McGrath's dolphin dreams are coming true! Her whole family is sailing around the world researching dolphins - and Jody is recording all their exciting adventures in her diary!While visiting the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439446147
• ISBN13: 9780439446143
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Apple Paperbacks (Scholastic)
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Dolphin Diaries - Review 2

This makes a great gift for pre-teens. The level of readability is easy and the subject interesting. The shipping was very quick (faster than indicated) and made it on time for a birthday surprise.

Good Story, Unlikable Main Character

"Dolphin Diaries" mixes a typical teen adventure story with a unique and educational story about a girl who loves dolphins. But that's just the problem! Jody is so obsessed, that I find myself gravitating more toward Brittany, who is supposed to be the snobby girl. It's just so sickening how Jody can't have any fun without it involving dolphins! I actually find myself mentally cheering for Brittany when she makes a remark such as "Is dolphins the ONLY thing you can think about?". Like I said, interesting story. Even though it is often predictable, I still enjoy this series, and love hearing about the adventures the characters have on "Dolphin Dreamer". I also learn a lot! In this book, I learned that pilot whales are actually dolphins. This story will keep you entertained, and most readers will be excited to hear that Lauren is back! But don't feel like you're the odd-one-out if you start disliking Jody and her over-emotional, sickening-and-eye-rolling obsession with dolphins. I understand her liking for dolphins, they're cool! But sometimes, she just needs to calm down!

Following the Rainbow

The book is about a girl named Jody, she loves whales and dolphins. When Jody is with her friends, Lauren and Brittany on a trip they find out that whales are being hurt by speeding ferries. One of the worst part is that the girls meet a boy named Mario, and he piolts the fastest ferry! Jody doesn't want to put Mario out of business, but Jody wants to save the whales. When Jody is on a cruise she saw a whale that had been hurt be a speeding ferry. Then far in the distance Jody saw the aunt of the hurt whale. Brittany, Lauren, and Jody named the aunt of the hurt whale Tia because Tia means "aunt" in Spanish. They named the hurt whale Seb (short for Sebastian) because they were near San Sebastian. After Seb is hurt Jody starts to ask people if they rather save the whales and enjoy or go fast and hurt most of the whales. Most people said they want to save the whales. After that the ferries slowed down. Seb was okay so he and Tia started to swim towards the rainbow. I loved the book because I like dolphins and whales just as much as Jody. The book really shows how special whales are to people, and how much people would care for them if they were hurt. The book shows to people that whales and dolphins aren't bad animals there just different than most sea animals. Whales and dolphins are almost like humans.