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Jane Wants The Life Of A Dolphin.
Wild. Graceful. Free.
But these days her life is not one thing like that. Between her mother’s rigorous rules and the cliques at school, she feels strapped in a child-sized life vest. It’s not until Jane gets a tattoo and befriends ordinary Sam Rojas, a star on the school’s swim team, that her life feels freer. She begins to wonder: Is there a way to be myself and not be alone?
While she navigates these murky waters, a wave of events crash down on her, separating her from her family, her best friend Lexie and Sam, who Jane’s fallen fin over tail for. Now she ought to figure out how to surf through rough seas without having everything she cares when it comes to pulled under.
DOLPHIN GIRL, author Shel Delisle’s initial novel, is a story of family, friendship, original loves and most significantly – freedom.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #8509 in eBooks
- Published on: 2011-10-03
- Released on: 2011-10-03
- Format: Kindle eBook
- Number of items: 1
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
 Dolphin Girl
By Kristina Miranda
Great book!
Jane is artsy and free-spirited, trapped in a stifling home life. Things aren’t much better for her at school where she feels confined by cliques and social mores. A kindred spirit of dolphins, Jane longs for open waters. When she falls for Sam, a sweet guy who’s “off limits” because he’s from a different “pod,” Jane seeks the courage to remove the constraints in her life that hold her back.
The characters are true to life and richly drawn. I especially loved the interwoven story of Jane’s brother John and his wife Desiree, which shows how life can get messy and still be good.
Dolphin Girl is a tale of freedom, family, friendship, and love. A thoroughly enjoyable read!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Great Young Adult Story!!
By Mag16
Ever since a childhood experience Jane has loved dolphins. She understands them. Jane longs to be free, like dolphins.
Jane’s life was a fascinating tale. Her mother was a very controlling person, to an OCD point, I thought. Her father seemed indifferent to what was going on with his family. Her brother, John, was moving on with his life with Desiree.
In school, everyone stayed grouped together in pods. They socialized within their pods, stayed in one location during free time, and there wasn’t intermingling between pods to a great extent.
Suddenly Jane finds herself becoming friends with someone from a different pod. A boy named Sam that she finds attractive. They spend lunch together, and began to enjoy each others’ company. Jane starts to fall in love.
Things don’t go easily for Jane. Being grounded, a horrible date, losing Sam to her ex-best friend, dealing with her mother’s constant controlling, and running away from home.
This book was a beautiful story of a girl trying to find herself in the world. A story about falling in love, being hurt, learning to forgive others. A story of family overcoming obstacles and hopefully coming out better in the end.
I loved this book. It was very well written and I found myself unable to put it down. I would recommend this book to anyone over 14 who is looking for a great young adult romance with a lot of meaning.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
I wanna be in Jane’s and Sam’s pod!!! <3
By Kerry O’Malley Cerra
I cannot gush about this book enough. Dolphin Girl, A.K.A. Jane, is a main character most of us can relate to. It totally stinks that the cliques in HS are so confining, right? Feeling trapped by the pods at school and her mother’s rules at home, Jane longs for freedom. So, when hottie Sam Rojas who, despite being in the trophy case crowd, takes an interest in Jane, a member of the water fountain clan, she starts thinking maybe things can change. And that royally peeves ex-BFF/now trophy caser/I-want-Sam-all-to-myself Alana.
The daisy (he loves me, he loves me not) romance of Sam and Jane had my heart all aflutter during their lunches. And I was totally crushed right along with Jane at the Snow Ball when things went south. Pile on Mom’s pressure at home and Jane is truly suffocating under the surface of deceptively calm ocean.
With the help of a hilarious inter-pod scavenger hunt, a few burned casseroles, and a new arrival in the family, Jane finally breaks through the surface and finds the freedom she longed for.
Author Shel Delisle will have you cracking up while you watch Jane navigate the rapid currents of being a high school teenager. Warning: reading this book might make you crave Tuna sandwiches for a whole week. At least it did for me.
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