Finding a seriously hurt dolphin in the Amazon near her small Colombian village and suspecting her stepfather of having wounded it, Carmenza nurses it back to health and turns to the wise old Indian Omar to appease its spirit.

Related: Colombia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Realistic Fiction

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• ISBN: 9780822507352
• Author: Kendall, Sarita
• Published: 1993, Lerner Publishing Group
• Themes: Animals, healing, protection
• Descriptors: Colombia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Realistic Fiction
• No. of pages: 123