The Boy and the Dolphin

Following the unfortunate death of his parents young Toby Matthias finds himself living a carefree life on Piper Cay an Out Island in the Bahamas at his grandparents inn. Isolated from children his own age Toby develops a deep and lasting friendship with an unlikely companion: a bottlenose dolphin.A heartwarming tale The Boy and the Dolphin follows the tropical adventures of Toby and Phinney as they make sense of life in the mid-fifties. When Toby is sent to complete his education in the States and Phinney immerses herself more deeply in her dolphin culture the best friends experience ever-increasing separations. But even while Toby serves his country in the skies over Vietnam the boy and the dolphin share an unbreakable decade-long bond.