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  During this time Matt received an invitation from an aunt in law who lives in San Diego USA to come and live with her. Although he didn’t want to go he decided to give it a try .

  

 There he met a girl named Tracey who was an animal rights activist . After leading a march through town to protest for dolphins she was  nabbed by the police, fined and told to live peacefully for a year. So she decided to go to La Scammon Mexico, for the whale watch and asked Matt to go with her. Because Petra had told Matt that she would be there around about that season, Matt decided to go and see her.

 They travelled in Tracey’s bike she called Fly and they encountered many hardships  while travelling along Baja Peninsular. In the end they parted to go their own way , Matt to Petra’s father’s house and Tracey with her old boyfriend whom she met again at a seaport.

      

  In short they, Matt, Petra and Skip who was sent by the captain to locate Matt whom he thought was lost , had a reunion at Petra’s father’s house. In fact Petra was the captain’s granddaughter but the father  hadn’t forgiven the old man for disowning his daughter when she ran away with him, a poor unknown artist.

   

  But now the captain’s end was near and Petra decided to go and see the captain . So they all went back to England to see the captain. The lonely captain’s wish was fulfilled when he saw his granddaughter even if he cannot see his daughter. He offered both Petra and Matt his fortune but they declined. Petra accepted his offer to fund a marine biology research center , where Matt who wanted to be a marine biologist like Petra could work later.

   

   The captain insisted they take him to their old place where he died peacefully amid the sound of music of the music night   they hold especially for him.

      In the last part of the book Mathew met with Flite again .  But he had to let it go back to it’s own school and to the sea where  they belong.

    

 I cannot describe the story in detail because it will make my blog so long . But I want to add that there are many scenes that tell us about the plight and dangers the sea animals are facing.

   

   I like this book very much and I also wish you like it too.