Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Dolphin Sky
by Rorby, Ginny
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine DJ.
- ISBN 10
- 0399229051
- ISBN 13
- 9780399229053
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Putnam's Sons, 1996. First edition, first printing (stated). Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ.. Octavo in color illus DJ; 246 p.: map; 22 cm. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in yer of publication. Plot summary: "Buddy, whose dyslexia makes things difficult for her both at home and at school, hopes to rescue the dolphins that are being held captive and mistreated at a swamp farm near her home in the Everglades." // Captive dolphins -- Florida -- Juvenile fiction. Dyslexic children -- Juvenile fiction. Everglades (Fla.) -- Juvenile fiction. Captive dolphins -- Fiction. Animals -- Treatment -- Fiction. Dyslexia -- Fiction. Everglades (Fla.) -- Fiction.
Synopsis
Ginny Rorby was born in Washington, D.C., but spent her first twenty years in Winter Park, Florida. She now lives close to nature, on the northern coast of California, supporting the appetites of five cats (the fourth and fifth appropriately named Spare Cat and Extra Cat), three birds, and a snake named Rosie. Because she does some wildlife rehabilitation, she frequently has an assortment of critters staying with her (past residents have included a bat, a hummingbird, a raven, a turkey, and numerous baby birds). She writes by hand under a plum tree on a deck overlooking a creek, facing a redwood forest (with at least one cat in her lap). She had been working as a flight attendant for fifteen years when wrote an editorial about an abandoned dog and sent it to a local newspaper. An editor at the newspaper encouraged her to continue writing. Ginny has since received her MFA in creative writing. She was still flying when she wrote Dolphin Sky , so most of it was written while she was standing up in the lower galley of a DC-10 airplane.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12360
- Title
- Dolphin Sky
- Author
- Rorby, Ginny
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine DJ.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (stated)
- ISBN 10
- 0399229051
- ISBN 13
- 9780399229053
- Publisher
- Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Novels, Youth Novel
Terms of Sale
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Books may be placed on reserve for one week. Refunds may be issued if book is not as described and is returned in same condition as it was originally shipped, and within two weeks of order.
About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Biblio member since 2005
Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Children’s Literature
Children’s books are among some of the most popular themes to build a book collection on. Learn a bit more in our Brief History of Children’s Literature.
Collecting Nebula Award Winners of the 1970s
The Nebula Award has been awarded to stories in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre every year since 1966. Learn about the winners of the 1970s!
