THE LAST WHALE
(2022)

Fiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : W F Howes, 2022
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 06 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781804544273 MWT15213857, 1804544272 15213857
LANGUAGE
English
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Read by Sophie Roberts

From killers to conservationists, Carnegie-shortlisted Chris Vick tells the story of three generations of the Kristensen family, their history as whale hunters and later their mission to save the great whales and our planet. Summer, the PresentFiery and fierce, computer geek and eco-activist, Abi is holidaying with her grandmother on an island off the Norwegian coast. Having developed and befriended an AI device, Moonlight, she hopes to organise a global protest. On the island, she learns her great-grandfather rejected the family's whaling livelihood, instead creating the first whale song recording. Inspired by him, Abi and Moonlight translate the whales' songs and discover their stories. Whales are under threat, their numbers rapidly dwindling. Abi is determined to help. Autumn, 30 years laterThe world's ecosystems are collapsing. There is no sight or sound of whales. Abi, her daughter, Tonje, and a now almost conscious Moonlight live on an isolated island in the Atlantic. They search for any sign of whales, but so far there is only silence. Winter, the FutureTonje's search was not in vain. Despite climate crisis and the threat of extinction, there is always hope for the future, as nature and technology combine in a captivating, action-packed adventure with a powerful environmental call to arms

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