After being swept overboard from an ocean liner, fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne, spoiled son of a millionaire, is rescued by New England fishermen who put him to work on their boat.

"When a lonely fisherman finds an injured bird on his boat, he nurtures it back to health, and--since the bird can no longer migrate with its family--charts a course heading south for the winter. Together, the two form a special friendship and enjoy life at sea until both the healing process and the journey come to an end"--

Abelardo defies his father's instructions and sets out to free a whale caught in their tangled fishing net.

Twelve-year-old Merryn's father disappears one night after a fishing expedition, and her vision that he's been dragged underwater only leads her to build a tiny submarine and explore the undersea world in order to find him.

Designed to encourage and teach hearing parents to share the joys of reading with deaf and hard of hearing children.