SYMPHONY OF WHALESSYRAI MCBRIDE

DECEMBER 16 , 2013READING

SYMPHONY OF WHALES

SCIENTIFIC NAME :MESOPLODON CARLHUBBSI

Steve Schuch

GENRE

FICTION : LITERATURE IN THE FORM OF PROSE. SHORT STORIES AND NOVELS, THAT DESCRIBES IMAGINARY EVENTS AND PEOPLE

FAVORITE CHARACTER

GLASHSKA THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER BECAUSE SHE HELPED THE WHALES FROM GETTING STUCK IN THE ICE.

SETTING

• THIS BOOK PLACE IN THE EARLIEST TIMES .

PROBLEM IN THE STORY

• THE PROBLEM IN “SYMPHONY OF WHALES” WAS THE WHALES ARE GOING TO GET STUCK IN THE ICE

SOLUTION

DID GLASHKA HELP THE WHALES SURVIVE ????GLASHKA USES HER INNATE CONNECTION AS WELL AS INTUITION WITH NATURE TO HELP BRING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY IN HOPES OF TRYING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THE TRAPPED BELUGA WHALES, WHO HAVE SWAM INTO THE FREEZING CHANNEL.

BUBBAS’ BEAKED WHALES

FUN FACTS

• BEAKED WHALES ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ZIPHIIDAE WHICH CONSISTS OF 21 SPECIES.

• BEAKED WHALES ARE SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXTREME DIVERS • THEY CAN DIVE FOR LONG PERIODS—20 TO 30 MINUTES IS COMMON, AND

85 MINUTE DIVES HAVE BEEN RECORDED—AND TO GREAT DEPTHS: 1,899 METERS (6,230 FT) AND POSSIBLY MORE