12 year-old Iris is a wiz at fixing things. She has a collection of classic old radios she has rebuilt, but school is tough for her because Iris is deaf. Her fellow students and many of the teachers treat her like she's not very smart. Then one day a teacher shows a video in class about Blue55, a whale who is unable to speak to other whales because his song is at the wrong frequency. Iris know how that feels and plans a way to create a song just for blue. She gets the music teacher to help her and records some of the students playing at 55 hertz. The only problem is how can she get the recording to Blue three thousand miles away in the northern Pacific Ocean?
Based on a real story that you can read about here.
The Loneliest Whale in the World
52 Blue - The Loneliest Whale in the World by Leslie Jamison (YouTube video)
Other books about special abilities kids honored by the Schneider Family Award that you might enjoy (and can read now at home thanks to the Portage District Library):
- As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds - Overdrive
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt - Overdrive
- The Rules by Cynthia Lord - Overdrive
- The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor - Hoopla
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