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Loading... Grayson (2006)by Lynne Cox
None.  CasaBooks | Apr 28, 2013 |  This is a quick and easy read about Lynne Cox' experience reuniting a baby gray whale and his mother. If you're looking for something inspiring (and a book that will make you feel like a fat slob) then this is a great choice! (  ) melissarochelle | Apr 10, 2013 | I loved this beautiful story. Simple and yet courageous and beautifully written. What a marvelous experience for a young girl --- and it demonstrates her maturity in how to approach a difficult situation and how to appreciate the incredible gifts of nature. Very compelling. (  ) Lcwilson45 | Mar 21, 2013 | A title from our SPL little gems book list. A 17 yr. old girl, training near Catalina Island CA is "chosen" by a lost baby grey whale. The swimmer and the baby are eventually reunited w. the distraught mother. Short, vivid account of swimming in the ocean w. all kinds of fish in schools, oblivious to a human swimmer, in addition to the whale tale. Oddly preachy as account is written when author is much older. Short non-fiction good for the right h.s. girl though. splinfo | Feb 27, 2013 | In my opinion most midwesterns who occasionally visit a seashore would get something from this little book. The author, at 17 yrs old, is training for endurance swimming and is befriended by a lost baby grey whale. Her accounting of swimming with ALL the sea creatures actually is detailed and interesting aside from the "baby-reconnecting-with-frantic-whale mom" main part of the story. Oddly, though, the story is an account of her 17 yr. old adventure but it is written when she is much older. The reflective bits are not teen-like and that mixing of voices was peculiar to me. She touched both whales, amazing. (  ) StaffReads | Feb 27, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0156034670, Paperback)The true story of a miraculous encounter between a teenaged girl and a baby whale off the coast of California
It was the dark of early morning; seventeen-year-old Lynne Cox was swimming her last half mile back to the pier after a long workout when she became aware that something was swimming with her. The ocean was charged with energy as if a squall was moving in; whatever it was felt large enough to be a white shark coursing beneath her body. In fact, it was a baby gray whale. Lynne quickly realized that if she swam back to the pier, the young calf would follow her to shore and die from collapsed lungs. On the other hand, if Lynne didn’t find the mother whale, the baby would suffer from dehydration and starve to death. Something so enormous—the mother whale would be at least fifty feet long—suddenly seemed very small in the vast Pacific Ocean. This is the story—part mystery, part magical tale—of what happened. (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:39:19 -0500) "Grayson tells the story of a miraculous ocean encounter that happened to her when she was seventeen and in training for a big swim (she had already swum the English Channel, twice, and the Catalina Channel)." "It was in the dark of early morning; Lynne was in 55-degree water as smooth as black ice, two hundred yards off-shore, outside the wave break. She was swimming her last half-mile back to the pier before heading home for breakfast when she became aware that something was swimming with her The ocean was charged with energy as if a squall was moving in; thousands of baby anchovy darted through the water like lit sparklers, trying to evade something larger. Whatever it was, it felt large enough to be a white shark coursing beneath her body." "It wasn't a shark. It became clear that it was a baby gray whale - following alongside Lynne for a mile or so. Lynne had been swimming for more than an hour; she needed to get out of the water to rest, but she realized that if she did, the young calf would follow her onto shore and die from collapsed lungs." "The baby whale - eighteen feet long! - was migrating on a three-month trek to its feeding grounds in the Bering Sea, an eight-thousand-mile journey. It would have to be carried on its mother's back for much of that distance, and was dependent on its mother's milk for food - baby whales drink up to fifty gallons of milk a day. If Lynne didn't find the mother whale, the baby would suffer from dehydration and starve to death. Something so enormous - the mother whale was fifty feet long - suddenly - seemed very small in the vast Pacific Ocean. How could Lynne possibly find her? This is the story - part mystery, part magical tale - of what happened."--BOOK JACKET.… (more) |
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Descriptive prose is enjoyable and paints a picture of the ocean that I would never have been aware of.
Fast read and worthwhile for this accounting of a real & magical encounter with baby whale.
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