Sea Whisperer: One powerful girl faces loss of family, relocation, and isolation to find her courage and protect the animals she loves. (Empath)

It's just a feeling, enigmatic and puzzling, yet it haunts her like a second self."You have a special connection with animals," her mother says. "You are an Empath-trust yourself." But how can fifteen-year-old Sammy Carlisle trust the peculiar feelings that make her different?When their mother dies, Sammy and younger brother, Loren, are sent to live on a secluded island near Seattle. In spite of being surrounded by people who love her, Sammy is angry, sad, and isolated from everything, except the miraculous sea life around her.Sammy explores the island and encounters sick seals and sea lions, and begins a search for answers that are unexpected and draw her further into an aquatic world, both magical and dangerous.Pulled by feelings she cannot escape, she comes face to face with the dark co