orca echoes Saving Sammy Eric Walters ILLUSTRATED BY Amy Meissner ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS
For the Monkman family who shared the story of rescuing Sammy from behind their house by the river EW With many thanks to Aimee D ACM
Morgan opened one eye and listened closely It wasn’t what she heard but what she didn’t hear that made her happy There was no sound of rain on the roof For days it had been raining Her father had joked that maybe it was time to start building an ark and gathering animals two by two It was a joke but when you lived right beside a flooding river it was only a small joke Morgan was much more concerned about the flooding than she’d ever let on She climbed out of bed and looked out the window The river had retreated It was still there rough white and wide but it was no longer running through the corner of their backyard Still there was 1 Chapter One