No matter the distance
(Playaway)

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Release date supplied by publisher.

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.

Previously released by HarperCollins.

Read by Reena Dutt.

Penny Rooney is stumped when she's given the assignment to write a poem about herself. She thinks of herself as half of a whole with her best friend, Cricket--until shes blindsided by the news that Crickets family is moving away in a matter of weeks. Then Penny and her sister see something impossible in the creek behind their house: a dolphin. Penny feels an immediate connection with the dolphin, who she names Rose. At the same time, Pennys cystic fibrosis begins to flare up. The only thing that reassures her is Rose, who is also sick--she was diagnosed with pneumonia by a local marine biologist and is given antibiotics not unlike those Penny inhales every day. As much as Penny takes solace in her connection to Rose, she might also be the only person who can get Rose back to her pod. The longer Rose lingers in the river creek, the more danger shes in. Will Penny be able to do whats right, even if it means losing Rose?

Grades 3 - 6.