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Grayson
by Lynne Cox
from Harvest Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A touching true story!
  This short novel transported me, and I read it straight through without stopping. It is a sweet and moving story that reminds us how fragile and delicate our relationship with the natural world is. I've given this book as a gift many times, and everyone I've recommended it to has enjoyed it immensely.

• Too wordy..
  Reading "Grayson" is ....like Ms. Cox's 'Swimming to Antarctica" so wordy and stretched that the reader may give up before finishing. I did finish Grayson because I wanted to know the ending. I had even thought, when first reading, that I would give this book to my daughter who teaches Reading to fifth graders. But....I decided against it for the reason that I know they would love the first but really get bogged down before the final page. It's a great story but could have been condensed into perhaps 10... more info

• how deep is the ocean?
  The book grayson, a true life story of a then seventeen year old woman who encounters a baby gray whale in the Pacific near Long Beach, is a story that is poetically and so beautifully told it will linger, I guarantee, in the mind of the reader for a long time, if not forever. This book, about interspecies communication is so beautifully written that I have nothing but admiration for the writer and her exquisite sensitivity. It is a story that is deeply philosophical in nature as the writer describes... more info

• Concise Book with Lots to Say
  Grayson, by Lynne Cox is a wonderful concise book with lots to say. There are three different story threads running through it. The smaller thread is about a girl athlete with lots of will and determination, and the second is a nature story about the sea animals in southern California and the third thread is the most moving. It is an inspirational story about a girl tiring to help a young baby whale finds its mother. It is a story for all ages. I'm 38 and I loved it, bought one for my 1st edition... more info

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