Adventure on Dolphin Island

by Ellen Prager

A new ocean adventure for young readers that combines the best of fiction and non-fiction in an exciting story of fantasy blended with fascinating true details about the sea and marine life. It’s fun reading and a new way to learn about the ocean. (buy it now)

"Captivating, very exciting, this book has given me a better sense of the ocean and the creatures that live there. I really enjoyed reading it!"
Lindsay Culbert-Olds, 13 year-old

"Exciting plot, a heroine on a great adventure, descriptions of the island will create vivid pictures in the reader's imagination...."
Myra Hall, Third Grade Teacher

“It's a great adventure story! I found myself getting really drawn into the story. I think middle schoolers will love it.”
Tina O’Kane Bishop
Academic Director
College of Exploration (www.coexploration.org)

“Dr. Prager’s artistry opens avenues of ocean exploration, which remarkably both encourage youth to read for pleasure and find new understanding-learn.”
Betsy A Stefany
Masters of Children’s Literature Program
Hollins University

Designated Editor’s Choice by Publisher

Synopsis
A family vacation aboard a rented sailboat turns into a horrible nightmare when young Kelly Wickmer is swept off the boat in a raging storm in the Bermuda Triangle. Alone in the wild sea, the timid young girl must struggle for survival and fight her fears of the ocean and its creatures, especially sharks. As darkness surrounds her, a nearby wave explodes in shimmering light and a dolphin appears.

The dolphin brings Kelly to a mysterious tropical island, unlike anything she has ever seen or heard about. Kids on the island befriend her as they encounter stingrays, sea turtles, iguanas, giant tortoise, the fish of a coral reef, and more. Yet, Kelly longs to go home. As she searches for a way off the island and the dolphin that saved her, she will have the adventure of a lifetime. If she survives, it will change her life forever.

From Ellen -

If you’ve already read Adventure on Dolphin Island and liked it, I’d love to hear from you…send me an email at eprager@earth2ocean.net!

As a marine scientist I’ve been lucky to spend a lot of time in, on, and under the ocean. Many of the adventures in the book are based on my own experiences in places like the Galapagos Islands, the islands of the Caribbean, the Bahamas, the Florida Keys, and Fiji. From swimming with wild dolphins and sharks to gliding among a school of shimmering silver fish at a coral reef 100 feet below the surface I’m always amazed by the sea and its wondrous life. On land, there have been adventures as well, exploring caves in the Bahamas or seeing giant tortoises and hiking up the side of a volcano in the Galapagos. I truly hope you enjoy the story and it helps you to appreciate the sea, its creatures, and their important connection to all of us that live on this blue planet, we call Earth.

I hope more people, young and old alike, will have the opportunity and desire to explore the ocean’s wonders, therefore I am committed to putting a portion of the profits from sales of this book toward marine education.

ISBN: 0-595-35791-1
Publication Date: August-2005
Publisher: iUniverse
Price: $14.95
Reading Level: Ages 8-12

Available at iUniverse.com, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com,
and wherever fine books are sold.

Retail Outlets can purchase the book directly at a discount from
Ingram Book Group, Baker and Taylor or iUniverse, Inc.