Bibliograph

The girl of the Sea of Cortez, a novel, Peter Benchley

Type

Label

The girl of the Sea of Cortez, a novel, Peter Benchley

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The girl of the Sea of Cortez

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

856523040

Responsibility statement

Peter Benchley

Sub title

a novel

Summary

On an island in the Gulf of California, an intrepid young woman named Paloma carries a special legacy from her father--a deep understanding of the sea and a sixth sense about the need to protect it. Every day, Paloma paddles her tiny boat into the ocean and anchors over a seamount--a submerged volcanic peak sixty feet underwater that is clustered with spectacular sea animals and a wondrous web of marine life. It is there that an astonishing event takes place, when on one of her dives Paloma is shadowed by a manta ray--an animal so large it blocks the sun. She develops an extraordinary relationship with this luminous, gentle creature, but instinctively knows its existence is a secret she must fiercely protect

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