Product Description
by Cheryl Lawton Malone (Author), Bistra Masseva (Illustrator)
CCBC Choices 2017
Little Free Library Action Book Club, Young Readers
A lonely boy spending his first summer at Cape Cod and a right whale calf who has migrated to the area with his mother become unlikely friends.
When Dario and his mother move to Cape Cod from Brazil, Dario has a hard time making friends since he doesn't speak English well. But one day Dario meets someone else who has just arrived in New England and he doesn't speak any English at all...because he's a right whale! Day after day Dario and the whale meet at the beach. But what will happen when it's time for the whale to migrate?
Author Biography
Cheryl Lawton Malone is a freelance writer, poet, and MFA grad who teaches at Lesley University and GrubStreet in Boston. She and her husband live in Massachusetts. Bistra Masseva is originally from Bulgaria and is currently based in Brighton, UK. In addition to her illustration work, Bistra is also a keen calligrapher.
