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Grayson |  | Author: Lynne Cox
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 46042
Media: Paperback
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0156034670
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.200979491
EAN: 9780156034678
ASIN: 0156034670
Publication Date: February 4, 2008
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This captivating bestseller tells the true story of a miraculous encounter between a teenaged girl and a baby whale off the coast of California. It was the dark of early morning; Lynne was swimming her last half mile back to the pier after a long workout when she became aware that something was swimming with her. The ocean was charged with energy as if a squall was moving in; whatever it was felt large enough to be a white shark coursing beneath her body. In fact, it was a baby gray whale following alongside her. Lynne quickly realized that if she swam back to the pier, the young calf would follow her onto shore and die from collapsed lungs. On the other hand, if Lynne didn’t find the mother whale, the baby would suffer from dehydration and starve to death. Something so enormous—the mother whale would be at least fifty feet long—suddenly seemed very small in the vast Pacific Ocean. How could Lynne possibly find her? This is the story—part mystery, part magical tale—of what happened.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 52
 Overall a Fun Book March 11, 2010
KRAMER (New York, NY USA)
I decided to read this book on my sisters recommendation. Aside from the fact that my greatest fear is floating around in the ocean and that I found most of it terrifing, Grayson is a delightful story and very entertaining. Not overwhelmingly long and a very quick read (even for someone as notoriously slow as me), I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a couple of hours to spare and wants something light and fun.
Lynne's my girl... December 4, 2009
Martin H. Nguyen (CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lynne Cox is one bad-ass mamma jamma. This book is definitely more of a parable-type, suitable for children's readin. I thought it was going to be something different, otherwise, it was a really well drafted work.
A Delightful read for anyone of any age September 14, 2009
Ellen B. Hoffman (Garden Grove, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Grayson is a wonderful book, mostly factual, somewhat fanciful, all full of heart. Lynne Cox welcomes anyone who opens this book to join her on a morning swim to meet a baby gray whale and help her to reconnect it with it's mother. It is a feel good read that will restore our faith in the human spirit and how we all connect and interact with other creatures! It wouldn't be possible to be sorry you paid your hard earned money for this piece of literature!
 A True Fish Tale August 3, 2009
R. Nielsen (Riverton, Utah)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Seventy-five percent of our planet is water, can you swim?" ~Author Unknown
Grayson is a true story of a long-distance swimmer (Lynne Cox) who while training off the California coast encounters a baby whale who has lost its mother. She is afraid that if she returns to the shore the whale will follow, so she sets out to try to help it find its mother.
It sounded like an interesting story, but to me it just didn't feel like there was enough content to merit a 148-page book (she spent a couple pages writing about what food she was craving). The editor needed to cut some of the "blubber"(ok that was bad). It would have made a better children's book full of color pictures of the ocean creatures she sees during her adventure. I think she should still consider it (if she hasn't already).
The writing wasn't the best but overall the book was still interesting. I was really amazed with how long she was able to swim. She was out there with that whale for hours. It was interesting enough for me to want to read her other book, "Swimming to Antartica" that is about all of her long-distance swimming accomplishments: swimming the English Channel at 15, and being the first to swim the Bering Sea from Alaska to what was then the Soviet Union (just to name a few).
As Jane Goodall said, "Grayson is a powerful voice for conservation." Who doesn't love a good fish tale (and this one's true to boot)?
A fun quick read! July 24, 2009
K. A Leach (St Louis, MO)
This was so unexpected. It gave me goosebumps just reading about her swimming with this baby whale and all the other ocean creatures she came across. I was holding my breath when the mother was swimming around her. What a great book, it definately stays with you.
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