Got this from the Library yesterday. Looks to be a really interesting read.
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This captivating bestseller tells 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; Lynne 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 following alongside her.
Lynne quickly realized that if she swam
back to the pier, the young calf would follow
her onto 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.
How could Lynne possibly find her?
This is the story--part mystery, part magical tale--of what happened."