White Dolphin summaries chapter (s) 1-38
Chapter 1:
Kara is sitting on the school wall while ripping out pages from the Bible, her bully
Jake comes to her and starts making fun of her. He pokes fun at her name, and
her parents; he goes too far once he mentions that his father will buy and chop
Kara’s family boat (Moana). Kara loses her temper and throws the Bible on Jake
and runs away leaving behind Jake with a bloody nose. Mrs. Carter, her teacher
keeps yelling out her name but she just runs away.
Chapter 2:
Kara runs home, which is her Aunt Bev’s house as she and her father are living
with Aunt Bev and her family. She needs to talk to her father but he is not there.
While Kara is looking for her father in the house, Dougie Evans (Jake’s father)
comes to the house to scold Kara for breaking Jake’s nose. Kara takes her flippers
and swimming suit and jumps out of the window from her cousin’s room to avoid
Dougie Evans and talk to her father who is at the harbour.
Chapter 3:
Kara finds her father sailing their family boat in the sea. She climbs onto the boat
and they both sial towards a cove where they keep their fish and lobster. Her
father is aware of the hatred the Evans’ family has for them so he always advises
her to keep away from Jake Evans. But then he realizes from the mischievous
smile on Kara’s face that she has done something wrong. Kara asks her father
whether it’s true that he’s going to sell Moana because she has an emotional
attachment with the boat. When her father says yes and also says that Kara’s
mum is never coming back, Kara can’t stop her tears from rushing down and in
anger, she jumps o the boat and into the sea.
Chapter 4:
When Kara arrives at the shore, she decides not to go back to Aunt Bev’s house
because she really can’t face anyone. She sits near the cove where her mum used
to sit and remembers the memories that they made together. She sees a white
dolphin, a sign that she has always been waiting for since her mum disappeared.
There are at least 50 other dolphins but the white dolphin is the only one that
stands out to her. She wonders what her mum is doing right now, she watches the
dolphins swim away, she decides to go home as her dad is probably waiting for
her.
Chapter 5:
Kara is walking on the road making her way back home when a furious Aunt Bev
pulls up in a car. Aunt Bev tells Kara that coastguards and the police are out
there looking for her. They arrive home, Aunt Bev scolds Kara for her careless
behaviour but suddenly dad comes in and hugs Kara. He apologises for what he
said about mum not coming back and Kara forgives him but Aunt Bev says that
it’s true that Kara’s mum will never come back. Aunt Bev continues rambling
saying that Kay (Kara’s mum) left her responsibilities, at this point, Kara has had
enough and scowls back at Aunt Bev. Dad and Aunt Bev fight but he gets a call
that someone has put up an o er for Moana.
Chapter 6:
In the morning, Kara makes Daisy a simple breakfast and then they head out, she
sees that Daisy has a bag full of things and she questions Daisy but Daisy
reminds her of Lauren’s party. Kara wishes that she could go back to primary
school because she felt safe there. She has to go to Mrs. Barker’s class for multi
sensory development, there she has to write on sand but while writing she
remembers memories of her with her parents at the beach. Mrs. Carter comes in
to talk to Kara, they go outside and Mrs. Carter talks about how Kara broke Jake’s
nose. Mrs. Carter asks why Kara ripped the Bible but Kara doesn’t answer. The bell
rings and Kara o ers to help mend the Bible, Mrs. Carter asks Kara to apologize
to Jake but she would not apologize, she’d rather die.
Chapter 7:
Kara goes to school the next day but feels that everyone is staring at her. She
notices a new boy in the class with a physical disability. At lunch time, her friends,
Chloe and Ella give her a cold shoulder because they are scared of Jake and his
dad and their power. Jake and Ethan threaten Kara and blame her mother for
being the cause of Jake’s brother’s death which is the reason why Kara is being
bullied.
Chapter 8:
After school, Kara picks up Daisy from the party and takes her to a café as a deal
for not going with her to the beach. There they see Felix with his mother shouting.
Jake and Ethan are also making fun of him. Felix feels like Kara and Daisy are also
a part of this. So when Daisy goes to Felix for support after standing up for him,
he responds rudely towards her. His response makes Daisy cry, she throws the
ice-cream that Kara bought for her and runs out of the café.
Chapter 9:
Kara comes to know that Felix called Daisy Fat Fairy Godmother which made her
cry. So to make her smile, Kara takes Daisy with her to the harbour. There they see
Ms. Penluna who is famous for her ‘bird-sanctuary’. She is known as Bird-lady and
even a witch by the town people. She asks Kara about her mum which makes Kara
realize that Ms. Penluna doesn’t know about her mother’s disappearance. When
Kara tells Ms. Penluna about her mum, she is taken aback when Ms. Penluna says
that she’ll ask angels to look for her.
Chapter 10:
Aunt Bev and Uncle Tom are talking with each other. Dad and Kara are having
breakfast in the kitchen. Daisy enters the kitchen, has her plate and tells that they
had met Ms. Penluna the day before. Dad tells Kara that there is a party who
wants to buy Moana. Kara and Dad go to Mr. Andersen’s house to talk about
Moana.
Chapter 11:
Mr. Andersen takes Kara’s dad out of Felix’s room so they can talk in private about
Moana, leaving Kara with Felix. Felix is busy trying to play an online game. Kara
starts a conversation by asking him why he acted rudely towards Daisy. He
answered by explaining that he doesn’t need someone to stand up for him, let the
bullies make fun of me. Mrs. Andersen walked in holding a tray containing glasses
of lemonade. She asks Kara about her family and expresses how annoyed she is
with Felix always sitting on his computer. Mr. Andersen returns Kara’s dad to
Felix’s room and announces that he and Kara’s dad are the only ones going for a
trail run on Moana tomorrow since Felix refused to join them. Mr. Andersen leads
Kara and her dad out when Kara suddenly realises that she doesn’t have her
jumper and goes back for it. Felix then expresses why they had to move, how
much he misses London where he had friends and things to do in life. Kara
realises that Mr. Andersen is the only one interested in buying Moana which lifts
her spirits of him dropping the idea of buying Moana. Felix doesn’t think or speak
fondly about Moana. Kara isn't surprised by what Felix said and tells him that
when the wind is hitting your face and the waves are really high, you don't get any
second chances and then she asks him how brave he was and leaves the room
leaving him quiet.
Chapter 12:
Aunt Bev is preparing food for the Andersens and Dad reveals that Felix has
cerebral palsy and they all pity him and his parents. It is a windy day and Dad
wonders if it is a good day to sail but then Mr. Andersen makes his way towards
the boat followed by Mrs. Andersen and Felix. They all get on the boat and Kara
notices that Felix's knuckles are turning white and a twinge of guilt runs through
her. Felix lurches sideways as the first wave hits the side and Kara notices that he's
a sickly shade of green, as Kara helps him he yells at her but later listens to
her.Kara sees Dougie Evans and Jake in an orange ribbed inflatable and Jake
makes a loser sign, Kara's heart is beating fast because she remembers the words
that Jake said to her in the school cafeteria. “Soon you and your dad will have
nothing left.”
Chapter 13:
Two orange buoys popped up and destroyed their lobster pots and they ended
up in a wreck of smashed up wicker. It was Jake and his father who did that, Kara
suggested to call the police but dad said no, Moana sails roughly through the
water and then Felix throws up and whacks his head against the deck. Dad o ers
Felix to sail and he agrees and a little hint of jealousy runs through Kara. Dad
teaches Felix how to sail the boat properly, and the jealousy is still there in Kara. It
turns out that Felix is really good at sailing for a person who has never sailed in
their life. Kara wants to go for a quick swim and Mr. Andersen tells Felix to join her,
he does so they jump in. She is surprised that Felix can swim, they swim away,
Kara sees a creature and when they come back up to breathe she asks Felix if he
saw it too.
Chapter 14:
Felix doesn’t see anything so he goes back down and finally sees it and asks what
it is, it's a cuttlefish.They observe it and then Felix goes to touch it but the
cuttlefish propel backwards and he is just left there grabbing a black cloud of ink.
They go back up to the boat and Mr. Andersen and Dad ask them why they took
so long, they tell them about the cuttlefish, and both Mr. Andersen and Dad jump
in to see them. Kara tells Felix about the dredging ban and that the reef will
probably get destroyed, Felix asks who Dougie Evans is and she tells him. She
also tells him why the ban was placed in the first place, about Aaron (Dougie
Evan’s son) and about how Dougie tried to scam people.
Chapter 15:
They sail back to the harbour and Kara feels as if the white dolphin is swimming
right below them but instead all she sees is the reflections of clouds skimming all
over the water. Once they arrive, the Andersens leave as Kara and Dad start to
tidy up Moana, Dad tells her that Mr. Andersen will ring him once he has made his
decision. They wait for an hour for the tide to creep in so they can take Moana
back to her mooring site, after the hour they take Moana back. Both of them walk
back to Aunt Bev’s home, Daisy is watching T.V and Aunt Bev is knitting, Kara
hardly moves until the phone rings and dad picks it up. The phone call was from
Mr. Andersen saying that they won’t buy the boat anymore, Kara can’t take the
grin o of her face as she is happy that Moana is still their boat.
Chapter 16:
Kara is sitting in Mrs. Carter’s o ce, mending the Bible. Mrs. Carter tells Kara
about how Kara’s father and she discussed Kara breaking Jake’s nose. Mrs. Carter
tells Kara about a story from the Bible but while she’s storytelling, Kara is sitting
on her seat, uninterested and thinking about her mother. Once she is dismissed,
she rushes to the sea but there she finds a baby dolphin badly injured and goes
to help. Kara thinks that this isn’t real and isn’t really happening but then she
touches the dolphin’s face.
Chapter 17:
Kara falls back into the water. Just when she thought that the dolphin was dead,
it's alive. She doesn’t know how to help the dolphin alone. Knowledge from the
times that she spent with her mother comes back and she remembers useful
things that could help the dolphin. She starts to help out as much as she can.
The dolphin starts to close her eyes but Kara remembers that if dolphins sleep,
they die so she quickly wakes the dolphin up. Kara really doesn’t know what to do.
Then, suddenly, someone called her name and she recognized just who the voice
belonged to, Felix.
Chapter 18:
Felix and his father come to Kara and find the injured dolphin. Mr. Andersen goes
back to bring a rescue team. Meanwhile both of them tried their best to save the
baby dolphin. Felix tells Kara that he got a new boat, a sailing dinghy from a
cerebral palsy charity member. Mr. Andersen brings Carl and Greg who were the
previous students of Kara’s mum, now working as rescue members. Dad also
comes with them knowing Kara is more concerned about the baby dolphin. Felix
also explains to Kara that he loved to sail Moana that’s why he is not going back
to London. Carl reveals to Kara that there isn’t much chance of survival for the
baby dolphin as it is severely injured. They need a swimming pool that is full of
chemicals and has fresh water.
Chapter 19:
Kara suggests using the Blue Pool for the injured baby dolphin. The rescue team
puts Kara’s suggestion to use and carefully transfers the dolphin onto a tarpaulin
to safely put the dolphin on the rescue boat. As there are too many rocks near
the Blue Pool, they take Greg’s truck to the Blue Pool. The dolphin’s mother follows
her calf despite her injury and the obstacles in between. Carl tells Kara to go
home and that he’ll call Kara’s dad to tell her what will happen. Even though Kara
doesn’t want to leave, she has to and she does but she hates taking the baby
dolphin away from her mother. She feels like she’s somehow betraying the baby
dolphin.
Chapter 20:
When Kara goes home, she tells Daisy about the baby dolphin. Kara also tells
Daisy that Felix was also there and he too helped rescue the dolphin. Daisy shows
her bitterness towards Felix as she still remembers that he called her a Fat Fairy
Godmother at the café when she tries to stand up for him against the bullying of
Jake and Ethan. The next morning, Daisy and Kara plan to go to the Blue Pool
before going to school to see the dolphin. They try to leave home early but Aunt
Bev suspects that they will go to the Blue Pool so she tells them that she will walk
with them to school. All the way to school, Kara tries to catch a glimpse of the
Blue Pool but what she could see was only Greg’s pick up truck which gives hope
to Kara that the dolphin is still alive. Kara is unable to meet Felix at school
because he had been moved to another classroom for Maths and English. Kara
could only meet Felix in the break and he tells Kara that Carl called his dad and
told him that the dolphin is still alive. He also tells Kara that some volunteers are
helping the dolphin balance on a raft until she can balance herself on her own.
After school, Kara runs towards Daisy’s school, grabs her hand and heads
towards the Blue Pool as she is extremely desperate to see the baby dolphin.
When Kara and Daisy reach the Blue Pool, they see headland parking full of cars
as the news of the dolphin has spread across the town, therefore a lot of people
have gathered along the coastal path. A line of police tape is stretched across
the path and Kara too is stopped by the police. Kara yells out Carl’s name, he
comes up and takes Kara to the pool. Carl tells Kara that the dolphin is now able
to hold herself on her own but still cannot swim. Carl also tells Kara that the vet
thinks the calf will not be able to survive in the wild upon which Kara tells Carl
that the dolphin’s mother is waiting for her in the ocean. Carl tells Kara that the
mother dolphin had not been seen for many hours and a lot of boats had been
sent to look for her in the ocean and even Felix and his father were out there
looking for her but Kara was sure that the mother dolphin will come back. Carl
asserts that the mother dolphin could be miles away, she might have even
rejoined her pod. This makes Kara emotionally upset. Kara assures Carl that the
mother dolphin will come back. Just then Kara sees a jackdaw which reminds Kara
and Daisy of Ms. Penluna, the bird lady and they decide to go and ask her to find
a clue for Kara’s mother as she had once claimed that she could talk to Angels.
Chapter 21:
Kara is grasping onto the only thing she has left of her mother in her hands, a
dolphin shaped memory stick and running towards Ms. Penluna’s house, whom
Kara believes can talk to angels and give Kara information about her mother.
Aunt Bev had given Kara and Daisy to buy fish and chips for supper and expected
Kara to get back home in half an hour. This was the time Kara utilised to go to Ms.
Penluna’s home. Kara leaves Daisy in a queue and heads towards Ms. Penluna’s
home. Kara stops in front of Ms. Penluna’s cottage. There were a number of
cottages in a line but no one lived there except Ms. Penluna. With a banging
heart, Kara knocks on the door. Ms. Penluna doesn’t let Kara in as she presumes
that Kara has come from the council to take the Jackdaw away. At Kara’s request,
Ms. Penluna lets her in. Kara asks if she can really talk to angels and shows her
the memory stick and says that this is the only thing she has left of her mother.
Ms. Penluna asks what “that” (as in the memory stick) is and Kara explains it to her.
Upon which Ms. Penluna asks whose memory it is. Here, Kara realises that maybe
Ms. Penluna had never seen a computer before. Ms. Penluna asks what she
wanted to know, Kara tells her that she wants to know what happened the night
mum disappeared. Ms. Penluna tells Kara that she should listen to the dolphins as
they are “angles of the sea.” Kara feels cheated and disappointed, probably
because she thought that Ms. Penluna could speak to actual angels.
Chapter 22:
Disappointed after meeting Ms. Penluna, Kara goes back to Daisy at the fish and
chips shop. Daisy hands over the fish and chips bag to Kara and is desperate to
know what the “bird lady” told her but Kara just ignores her and looks forward
where Felix and Mr. Andersen were coming to Kara with wetsuits and life jackets.
Kara asks Felix if they found the mother dolphin but Felix informs her that they
had not been able to find the mother dolphin. Kara claims that the mother
dolphin would not leave her calf. Daisy, who is upset in the presence of Felix,
accidentally pulls Kara’s necklace which had some shells and the memory stick on
it. It breaks and all the shells and the memory stick scatter across the floor. Kara
scrambles on the floor to save the shells and the memory stick but she loses the
memory stick, Felix retrieves it and gives it back to Kara. Felix claims that he
thought Kara was not into computer stu but Kara tells him that it belonged to
her mother. Felix o ers to Kara that he can read what is on the memory stick. Kara
hesitantly hands over the dolphin shaped memory stick to him. Kara and Daisy go
back home where Aunt Bev is lying on the couch watching a TV show. Kara tells
Daisy that Ms. Penluna says that dolphins are angels of the sea. Kara asks her
dad if they can go sailing the next day before school as she wished to look for the
mother dolphin. Kara’s father refuses to sail with Kara and tells her that he is busy
the next morning. Kara’s dad argues that the ocean is huge and the dolphin
could be anywhere in the ocean, hence it is not possible to look for her. Kara
blames her father for giving up and says, “you have given up like you have given
up on mum.” Kara then goes to her room and cries in her bed.
Chapter 23:
Kara dreams that she is sitting on a shoreline and building a castle with sand, she
decorated it with cowries shells. She constructs a moat around it and tells herself
that nothing can knock her castle down but a strong wave swirls into the moat
and floods the castle. Her cowrie shells are swept away by the water. She runs
after the shell to scoop it up but it tumbles into the foaming waves, it is then she
sees her mother standing in front of her calling her name softly, but Kara keeps
running after the cowrie shell. Her mother calls her again and when Kara turns
towards her, she disappears. Kara wakes up from her dream, picks up her
swimming suit and jumps into the ocean. She somehow knew that she was going
to find the mother dolphin. She starts swimming in the ocean and feels herself in
the deep sea. Kara realises that something was quietly swimming along by her
side. It was the mother dolphin. Kara observes the deep notch in her dorsal fin.
Kara tells herself that I knew the mother dolphin will return, Kara guides her
quietly towards the Blue Pool where her calf was. When Kara reaches the Blue
Pool, the mother dolphin slaps her tail in the water and opens her beak to whistle
into the night. The sound echoes around and attracts Greg and Carl. Kara hides
behind the rocks as she did not want to be seen by Carl and Greg who could
inform the incident to Kara’s father. Carl takes out a torch and confirms to Greg
that it was the mother dolphin. He tells Greg that Kara was right and she knew
that the mother dolphin would not leave her calf alone.
Chapter 24:
After guiding the mother dolphin to the Blue Pool, she returns home and quietly
goes to sleep. She is woken up in the morning by Daisy who touches Kara’s hair
and asks why her hair was wet. Kara looks at the heap of her wet clothes that were
lying near her bed and realises that she had actually led the mother dolphin to
the Blue Pool and it wasn’t a dream. Kara excitedly tells Daisy that the mother
dolphin has returned. Both get ready for school and come downstairs to have
breakfast where Uncle Tom was sitting disappointed and heartbroken as he
hadn’t been able to catch enough fish and Dougie Evan had threatened to fire
him from his job. Kara and Daisy leave home for school but instead of going to
school they head towards the Blue Pool. Felix and his father were already there.
Carl impatiently informs Kara that the mother dolphin has returned. Daisy is still
mad at Felix and does not talk to him. Kara asks Felix if he read what was inside
the memory stick. Felix tells her that he could not as the memory stick has a
password and he had tried to apply as many passwords that he could guess. Kara
o ers the vet, Sam, to help the baby dolphin balance on the raft but the vet
doesn’t allow that. Daisy suggests that the baby dolphin should be named “Angel”
and everyone agrees to it.
Chapter 25:
Carl tells Kara that newspapers, TV and some environmental groups want to see
the baby dolphin. Carl also tells Kara that he wants to hold a press conference
anf for this purpose he had talked to the town hall but they refused to give their
hall for the press conference as Dougie Evans is a member of the town hall
committee. Kara dislikes the idea of making the dolphin a showpiece but Carl
suggests that this can be the best opportunity to teach people the danger sea
life is facing. Felix suggests that they can use websites, social media networking
sites, blogs and twitter to teach people that they should save the reef and sea life.
He also suggests that they can get an online petition for people to sign to keep
the dredging ban in place. When Kara and Felix reach school, they both are late.
Instead of going to the classroom, Kara slips into the playground and sleeps there
while leaning on a tree. Felix comes looking for her and tells her that Mrs. Carter
wants to see them both. Kara and Felix go to meet Mrs. Carter in her o ce where
Chloe, Ella and some other students were already seated. Kara wonders what they
were doing there. Mrs. Carter appreciates Kara for saving the dolphin and tells
Kara that the whole school wants to work in support of the dolphin. Kara refuses
to accept any help but Mrs. Carter tells her that the school has decided to o er
their hall to Carl for the press conference. She also asserts to Kara that all of
them are against the lifting of the dredging ban and that they all want to protect
the bay.
Chapter 26:
The school announces “Save The Reef '' to be taken as a school project and the
whole school is asked to participate in it. Kara reaches the school early in the
morning on Saturday, but she is surprised to see Felix, Carl, Greg, Ella and Mrs.
Carter already in the school, decorating the hall with posters of Angels and the
bay. The students stopped school lessons and worked on the school project for
the reef instead. The only students who did not get involved in the project were
Jake and Ethan. By this time, Angel had started swimming and eating by herself,
her wounds had started healing. Before the starting of the press conference,
chairs were laid in the hall in rows and postcards were put on the chairs to be
signed by people to be later put in the petition box to stop dredging. Only two
days were left until the dredging ban would be lifted, therefore, it was very
important that the press conference should be successful and the petition to be
signed. Mrs. Carter prepares a poster by taking a quotation from the internet to
be posted in the hall. This reminds Kara that Maori’s believe that dolphins carry
their ancestors’ spirits. She knows it because her mum was born in New Zealand.
Mrs. Carter wonders what the Maori word for dolphin is, and when Kara tells her,
Felix decides to try it as the password for the memory stick. Kara looks down from
the window of the hall and is surprised to see an ocean of people, press, parents,
tourists and politicians. The car parking and road is filled up with cars. Kara gets
happy to see a politician, Mr. Cooke, coming to the hall as well and thinks that he
may help pass a law to stop the dredging but then Kara is taken o -guard when
she sees Mr. Cooke talking to Dougie Evans while smiling and sharing jokes. She
reminds herself to not give up even in the hardest situations. She also tells herself
that it is going to be the greatest chance to save the bay as only two days are left
when trawlers can haul their chains across the reef.
Chapter 27:
The school hall is fully packed with people. Everyone seems to be interested in
Angel. The press conference is about to start. Kara gets seated with her father
and Daisy. Dougie Evans also sits along with a group of fishermen. Kara’s dad tells
her that Dougie Evans has come to protest against the petition for the dredging
ban. The local radio had also come to broadcast the conference live. The
conference didn't go well as the microphone did not work and people could not
hear what Carl said. People seemed interested in only Angel. After Carl was done,
Dougie Evans stood up and went to the stage. He tells the people that the reef is
their livelihood. He urges the people to not sign the petition and support
fishermen to fish in the sea. Carl couldn’t answer Dougie Evans’ argument and
Dougie Evans seemed victorious. People started getting up to leave and it seemed
hard to stop them. Felix approached Kara and requested her to hold the
audience by talking to them as he told her that he had found a clue. Kara climbs
up the stage and nervously speaks to the audience. She says that we have been
fishing in the ocean for a long time, we have taken out all the fish from the sea
and now we are tearing up the bay. Kara’s words get cut o when the lights of the
hall go o and Kara hears her mother speaking through the darkness.
Chapter 28:
A film made by Kara’s mum is shown on the screen. The gravelly sea bed, littered
with broken sea fans is shown on the screen. Kara’s mum speaks out and tells the
audience that unless we do not protect our ocean, there will be nothing left but
wasteland. She stressed we are not farms of the sea. We never sow, we only reap.
The hall is filled with applause, everyone is found clapping except Dougie Evans
and Jake. Hundreds of volunteers signed the petition. In another scene, Felix,
Kara and Carl are sitting near the Blue Pool watching Angel swimming on her own.
Carl tells Kara that Sam thinks Angel is good enough to be released into the
ocean. Kara feels torn apart inside her as she thinks that she will not be able to
see Angel once she is gone. Carl tells Kara that they are going to release Angel
the next morning at dawn as they don’t want many people on the shore when they
release Angel in the ocean.
Chapter 29:
Kara is the first one to reach the beach as Angel was going to be released into the
ocean as she has completely recovered from her injuries. Kara’s dad reaches the
beach while looking for Kara. Kara tells her dad that Angel is going to be released
at dawn. Felix, Carl, Greg and Sam reach the Blue Pool too. They all help lift Angel
down the raft to release her. Carl is worried about the mother dolphin as she was
not being seen anywhere. They float Angel out into the waves and decide not to
release her in deep waters. Kara senses the mother dolphin around and she is
right there. Carl and Greg let her slip beneath the raft. Angel swims towards her
mother and they both swim together side by side, their bodies touching and
sliding beneath the sea. Kara feels a strange emptiness inside her. Kara tells it was
not for what I have lost but for what I hope will be… here she means her mother…
her loss was her mother and she hopes her mother will come back.
Chapter 30:
After releasing Angel, Carl o ers Kara, Felix, Mr. Andersen and Kara’s father a lift
in the pick up truck. On the way, Kara’s father makes Carl stop the pick up truck.
Kara’s father jumps out of the truck and buys some bread and a local newspaper.
On the front page of the newspaper was a huge picture of Angel while on the
inside pages there were pictures of Carl, Dougie Evans, Kara and Daisy. The
headline reads, “Save our Sea: Locals and tourists filled the school hall to give
their support to marine reserves.” The newspaper further wrote that more than six
hundred people signed the petition in less than two hours. Local fishermen
signed the petition for the voluntary ban on fishing and dredging. It also said
that a law to protect the bay has been put in the parliament, while fishermen had
promised not to dredge the bay until a new law is passed to protect the bay. This
was a huge success on the part of Kara and Felix. They had been able to move
the mass opinion despite their illnesses. When they reached Aunt Bev’s home,
they heard raised voices coming through the open kitchen window and Dougie
Evans’ jeep was parked in Aunt Bev and Uncle Tom’s driveway. It seemed Dougie
Evans had seen the newspaper too. The door of the kitchen flings open and
Dougie Evans stands in front of Kara and her dad. He throws the newspaper in
front of Kara’s dad and tells them that it is not more than a paper. He then stops
in front of Kara and threatens her that what had happened to her mother can
happen to her too. Dougie Evans goes on shouting that no one should tell him
what to do. Kara and her dad go inside where Aunt Bev and Uncle Tom were
sitting all upset. Aunt Bev tells Kara’s dad that Dougie Evans had fired Uncle Tom
from his job because Uncle Tom had also signed the petition. Uncle Tom leaves
the home to get some fresh air while Aunt Bev sits crying and tells Jim that since
they won't be able to make enough money to even support themselves, they can’t
keep Kara and her dad in their home anymore. Kara slips upstairs where Daisy
was sitting crying too. Kara tells Daisy about the release of Angel and the news in
the newspaper. Kara tells Daisy that many fishermen have refused to dredge in
the reef. Daisy tells Kara that her dad had also refused to dredge the reef, it is
therefore Dougie Evans had fired him from the job. Daisy tells Kara that Dougie
Evans had said that he will be fishing in the midnight tide and will rip every coral
in the bay.
Chapter 31:
Kara and Felix were sitting on the seashore where broken pieces of coral are
spread everywhere on the shoreline as some trawlers are still dredging the reef
and also harming the coral reef. Although there was a voluntary ban on dredging
by the local fishermen, trawlers from other fishing towns were continuously
dredging the bay. The weather was rough too and the high waves had damaged
the reef as well. Kara and Felix decide to get some food and sit in Moana. Felix
tells Kara that he had been practicing sailing in the ocean as he wishes to take
part in the regatta gala. Felix and Kara get fish and chips and go down the Rope
Walk to reach the harbour. Kara hurries to get out of the rain and then she hears
a shout from Felix. When Kara looks back she sees Felix stumbling on the ground,
his knees injured and all his fish scattered in the rain. Kara feels sorry for him and
helps him up but he refuses her help. Felix tells Kara that he hates being treated
like that sometimes. His jeans are ripped and dark red bloodstains spread on
them. Kara o ers Felix the chips and they head towards the harbour. Kara tries to
look for Moana along the line of yachts. She notices that the covers of Moana
had been drawn back and two people were sitting in Moana. Kara recognizes
them as Jake and Ethan. Kara yells at Jake and Ethan and tells them to get out of
her boat but Jake tells her that it is not her boat anymore. He tells her that her
dad had sold Moana to Jake’s dad last week. He shows her the keys to Moana.
Kara is taken aback by the shocking news. Kara backs out of Moana, hands over
the chips to Felix and runs towards Aunt Bev’s home. Kara asks Aunt Bev about
her father and Moana. Aunt Bev confirms that her dad had sold Moana to Dougie
Evans and he was unable to tell it to Kara and he had sold Moana as he was not
able to a ord it anymore. Aunt Bev also tells Kara that her dad had gone out of
town for a job interview and she also tells her that he was doing all of this for
Kara. Kara runs up the stairs to Daisy’s room and lies in bed in complete silence.
She feels like the protective shell around her mum, dad and her had broken. This
is an ironic situation where Kara had lost Moana and it had been sold to Dougie
Evans.
Chapter 32:
Kara is sitting in a park near the harbour and it was raining heavily. All the boats
had run for homes except the boats and trawlers sent by Dougie Evans. Kara feels
like she is losing her dad too as she had stopped talking to her father since her
father had sold Moana to Dougie Evans. Felix is going to take part in the regatta
gala which is supposed to be held the day after. Felix tells Kara that her sailing
coach wants to put Felix in the junior training squad for the Paralympics sailing
team. Felix wants Kara to sail with him in ‘disabled with an able bodied’ sailor
category. Kara is surprised by the o er but Kara realises that soon she will be
moving to Exeter with her dad so she doesn’t give Felix and encouraging
response. Kara walks through the harbour and sees Dougie Evans’ trawlers
roaring up in the air. Kara tells herself it would be better to move to Exeter, at least
she won’t see Dougie Evans sailing Moana. When Felix and Kara were leaving the
park, Adam and his brother Joe tell them that Dougie Evans has caught a huge
white shark in his net. Felix and Kara plan to go ans see the caught shark. Kara
pushes her way through the crowd and reaches close to the shark but it wasn’t a
shark, it was a white dolphin and on its dorsal fin there was a deep notch right at
the base… it was Angel’s mother. The mother dolphin had died.
Chapter 33:
Kara is devastated and she runs towards the cove where she would always find
peace at the times when she would be upset. Water swirls through Kara’s body
and she sinks there in the white soft sand. The broken face of the mother dolphin
gets fixed in Kara’s mind and Kara feels yet again as if a part of her has gone, the
part that used to keep her close to mum had gone. Kara feels like sinking deep in
the sand and then Kara hears a burst of dolphin breath. Kara looks around and
there she was, Angel. Kara wades through the water to reach Angel who was
sending a series of whistles and clicks to call her mother. Kara tries to touch her
but she disappears under water. Kata wades further out. The waves swell under
her and lift her up, Kara hears someone calling her name. It was Felix and Mr.
Andersen standing on a cli , waving at Kara telling her to get out of there as the
waves were too high. Kara wades out of the water and looks back to see Angel but
the cove was empty. Angel had gone. Kara reaches to the top of the cli . She was
badly cold, her hand all blue and her fingers were blanched white. Mr. Andersen
tells Kara that they had come to get Kara back home. Mr. Andersen tells Kara and
Felix to wait there and he would go to get his car. Felix tells Kara that everyone in
the town is mad at Dougie Evans for killing the mother dolphin. Felix tells Kara
that he has something to show her. He also tells her that his dad did not want him
to show it to Kara but he thinks that if he had been in the same place as Kara, he
would’ve wanted to know. He gives an envelope to Kara and tells her that there
was something else in the memory stick too. Felix sees his dad coming and tells
Kara to hide the envelope as it might help Kara understand where Kara’s mum
disappeared. He tells her that the envelope holds something to do with her mum,
a missing key as to where she might be.
Chapter 34:
Mr. Andersen drops Kara to her home. Kara upon reaching home. Plans to look
into the information in the envelope. Kara hides herself in her room and opens
the envelope. There was a picture of Kara’s mother inside the envelope. Kara’s
mother was sitting on a harbour beside her diving gear. Kara knew that her
mother would always check her diving gear before going diving. Felix reveals that
the picture was taken just before Kara’s mother disappeared and it was published
in a newspaper. Felix also tells Kara that his father confirmed through his
contacts that probably Kay Wood disappeared during diving but due to the fear
of bad publicity regarding diving and tourism, the news was not leaked and it was
spread that Kay Wood just disappeared. This confirms Kara that her mother had
died. Felic comes to take Kara along with him for the regatta gala but since it had
been cancelled, they decide to go out and see what was happening in town. Daisy
accompanies them on the instructions of Aunt Bev. The beach was empty though
it was warm and humid. A storm was expected and therefore the regatta race had
been cancelled. Just then they come across Kale and Ethan who try to bully them
but both Kara and Felix try to ignore them. Jake challenges Kara that he can beat
her and Felix’s boat by sailing in Moana. Kara just tries to ignore them. It starts
raining and Jake and Ethan start to sail Moana. Kara tries to stop Jake as the
storm was approaching and because Kara didn’t want Moana to get wrecked in
the storm. She tells Jake, “Your dad’s already lost Aaron. He doesn’t want to lose
you too.” Jake and Ethan set on in Moana, Felix decides to follow Jake and Ethan
in his boat and they tell Daisy to go to Merry Mermaid, they also tell her to inform
Kara’s dad to call coast guards. Felix tells Daisy that, this fairy godmother will go
and call the coast gaurds, his words make Daisy smile and she runs to get help.
Both Kara and Felix put on their life jackets and follow Jake and Ethan. They carry
two extra ones for Jake and Ethan as well.
Chapter 35:
Felix and Kara are following Moana which is being sailed by Jake and Ethan.
Heavy rain was falling along with strong wind and high tides in the ocean. It
seemed it would be hard for small boats to sail in the ocean. Kara realises that it
was stupid to follow Jake and Ethan. Jake seemed like he was struggling to sail
Moana and while struggling he fell into the ocean. The tides are too high. While
Ethan did not know how to sail so Felix steers the boat toward Ethan and Moana
to help him. Jake who had fallen in the water rises on the surface struggling to
save himself. Felix swings the boat towards Jake, he rises up towards the boat,
Kara grabs Felix towards the boat and just then Kara sees something white
pushing Jake up. Kara pushes Jake in the boat while Ethan is seen clinging to
Moana. Kara gives Jake a life jacket and grabs another one for Ethan and jumps
in Moana instructing Felix to sail to the shore. She tells Felix that she will sail
Moana to the shore with Ethan. Felix sails away with the wind towards the
harbour. A gust of wind hits Kara while she tries to sail Moana. The weather is
disastrous with heavy rain and Kara wonders if she would ever be able to see Felix
and Jake again as she is terribly caught in the storm.
Chapter 36:
Kara is in Moana with Ethan. Moana is struggling because of the storm. Kara tries
to control Moana and Ethan clings to Kara out of fear. Moana heaves and falls
over the high waves. A strong wave spills in the boat and brakes the mast of the
boat as a result, the sail of the boat comes down. The wind was screaming past
and the waves were rising higher and higher and then a thousand tons of water
stretched over Moana and everything goes dark. The mast and sail of Moana
come down and Kara realises that now the boat will not be able to sail anymore.
She takes out a flare from the locker to be raised for help. She had never used a
flar before, she pulls the tag of the flare and a blast of light explodes giving a
signal that someone out there needs help. The waves thud against Moana,
crashing it hard and then Kara and Ethan hear a helicopter flying above them.
Kara and Ethan wave at the helicopter. A man drops down from the helicopter
towards Kara and Ethan. He grabs them both and lifts them up towards the
helicopter. Kara looks down at Moana and wished to lift Moana up with her but a
strong wave folds over, lifts Moana and smashes it against a cli .
Chapter 37:
As soon as Kara is rescued, she asks the rescue man if her friends have been
rescued. The man tells her that they will first shift Kara and Ethan in an
ambulance and afterwards they will go and rescue her friends. Kara’s father
comes running to her and starts crying after hugging her. Felix’s parents and
Dougie Evans also comes and ask Kara where Jake and Felix are. Kara tells them
that they are coming to the harbour in Felix’s boat. All of them run towards the
harbour along with Kara where there is a terrible storm and nothing could be
seen. They see Ms. Penluna on the harbour and Dougie Evans begs her to pray
for her son’s safe return. Dougie says that he has already lost Aaron and he
doesn’t want to lose Jake. Upon which Ms. Penluna tells him that his son is with
the angels, this upsets him because he knew what she meant. Everyone was upset
as Felix’s boat was nowhere to be seen and when Kara sees the sail of Felix’s boat,
she shouts out that Felix’s boat is there. The weather was dangerous and Felix’s
boat was struggling hard against the storm but Felix makes it and reaches the
harbour. Felix gave a thumbs up and grins, there was a wave of shouts and cheers
that exploded all along the harbour wall.
Chapter 38:
Kara is in her home, getting up from her sleep. She had been sleeping almost the
whole day and had been dead tired. When Kara wakes up, Daisy tells her that she
has a surprise for her. Daisy takes Kara to her mum’s room where Aunt Bev was
holding a baby in her hands. Daisy tells Kara that she has got a sister and she
has been named Moana. When Kara sees Aunt Bev holding a baby, she tries to
imagine that this is how her own mother would once have held her. Aunt Bev
appreciated Kara’s act of bravery of saving the lives of Jake and Ethan. Kara’s
dad tells Kara that Dougie Evans has given Uncle Tom his job back with a pay rise.
Kara’s dad asks Kara to go out with him as he has got a surprise for her. At the
door, they meet Dougie Evans who was holding a huge bunch of flowers. Dougie
Evans informs Kara and her dad that he had brought the bouquet for Aunt Bev
and the baby. Dougie Evans tells Kara and her dad that Jake says a white dolphin
saved his life. He also thanks Kara for saving Jake’s life and o ers a job to Jim but
Jim refuses his o er by saying that he already has a job lined up. Dougie Evans
seems struggling with his thoughts and then announces that he has also signed
the petition to stop dredging and he is looking at new ways to save dolphins. Kara
is taken aback by the idea that Dougie Evans has changed his mind and is going
to sign the petition to stop dredging in the reef; she feels victorious. Kara’s dad
tells her that he had been accepted for a boat building course and this seems
like a pleasant surprise to Kara. When they reach the harbour, Kara tries to look
for the Angel as the idea of Angel being alone haunts her and she wonders how
Angel will be able to manage alone. Kara’s dad gives Kara another surprise by
telling her that he has got a new home, a caravan. The door of the caravan opens
and Felix, Mr and Mrs Andersen, Carl, Greg and Sam are sitting around a table
which is set for lunch. Kara and her dad take a walk and sit along the harbour
where Kara’s dad tells her that if her mum was there she would have been so
proud of Kara. He also tells Kara that she had done what her mother could not
do. Kara accepts in front of her dad that her mother will not come back now and
accepts the reality of her mother’s death. Kara sees a pod of dolphins cruising
through the sea. She sees Angel leaping from the center somersaulting and
slapping water with her tail. Kara feels chosen somehow and now she is sure that
Angel will never be alone. The fast blue ocean was waiting for Angel and it was the
beginning of Kara and Angel’s new life together.