Kara is a strong-willed 12-year-old girl whose mother disappeared while working as a marine biologist. She lives with her father and aunt, and struggles with dyslexia and bullying at school. The novel explores issues of overfishing, environmental destruction, and disability through Kara and several other characters, including her mother Kay, father Jim, school bully Jake, and cousin with cerebral palsy named Felix. It follows Kara as she tries to find out what happened to her mother and save the local white dolphin population from threats.
Kara is a strong-willed 12-year-old girl whose mother disappeared while working as a marine biologist. She lives with her father and aunt, and struggles with dyslexia and bullying at school. The novel explores issues of overfishing, environmental destruction, and disability through Kara and several other characters, including her mother Kay, father Jim, school bully Jake, and cousin with cerebral palsy named Felix. It follows Kara as she tries to find out what happened to her mother and save the local white dolphin population from threats.
Kara is a strong-willed 12-year-old girl whose mother disappeared while working as a marine biologist. She lives with her father and aunt, and struggles with dyslexia and bullying at school. The novel explores issues of overfishing, environmental destruction, and disability through Kara and several other characters, including her mother Kay, father Jim, school bully Jake, and cousin with cerebral palsy named Felix. It follows Kara as she tries to find out what happened to her mother and save the local white dolphin population from threats.
Ans: In my opinion, this novel was very interesting as it was full of adventure and suspense. It also shows that even if you do not like the way something is going you still have to accept it. The novel explores many issues including overfishing, marine destruction, disability, and death. Q2: Describe all the characters in your own words. Ans: -Kara: Kara, the main character of this book, is a strong, ambitious 12-year-old girl with a thirst for justice driven by the disappearance of her Mum. Kara is isolated and lonely, bullied at school for her dyslexia, and struggling to deal with her mother's mysterious disappearance. -Kay woods: she is the mother of Kara and works as a marine biologist to save white dolphins that disappeared on Soloman Island. -Jim Wood: Jim is the father of Kara and works in Merry Mermaid café as well as a fisherman who’s planning to sell Moana. -Jake: He is a bully, rude, rich, uncaring, and confident boy whose father owns a very rich business. -Dougie Evans: A petty and snobby man who owns and rich business which provides employment for others including Kara’s uncle. -Uncle Tom: he is Kara’s uncle, relatively a nice and patient man who worked under Dougie Evans. -Aunt Bev: Aunt Bev is Kara's Dad's sister. She is expecting another child. Aunt Bev is judgmental and it is hard for them to live with her at her house. -Jake: Jake is the school bully whose father employs Kara's uncle at the fishing trawlers. -Felix: He has the cerebral palsy disorder and was unable to move properly. He was non- courteous, impolite, and rude toward his friends. -Daisy: Daisy is a five-year-old girl, and also Kara's cousin. She is very courageous for her age. She stands up to Felix's bullies though she was of mere five years.