Whalesinger by Welwyn Wilton Katz

A scientific field trip on the California coast, near the possible site of a sunken treasure ship from Francis Drake's expedition, brings together two teenagers, an emotionally isolated boy and a girl who is discovering she shares an empathic bond with two gray whales in the area. A scientific field trip on the California coast, near the possible site of a sunken treasure ship, brings together two teenagers, an emotionally isolated boy and a girl who is discovering she shares an empathic bond with two gray whales in the area

Paperback, 1993

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