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The stranded whale, Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Melanie Cataldo

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The stranded whale

Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Melanie Cataldo

Tender and heartrending, Jane Yolen s clear-eyed tale of a child s effort to rescue a beached whale evokes a fierce love of wildlife and a universal sense of loss. Sally and her brothers are walking home from school along the dunes in their Maine town when they come upon an enormous whale. He s stranded on the beach. Her brother runs for help, and many people rally to respond, but the tide is going out quickly and the whale is just so big. Still, Sally is able to sit near the whale's massive eye and tell him he s beautiful and strong, and that she will miss him no matter what happens