Mila’s longing for her dolphin family and home begins to overwhelm her; she longs to leave the human world that she begins to see as a prison. The only person that seems to understand her is Justin, Dr. Beck’s son, who Mila thinks would make a good mate, if only he were a dolphin. Homesick and depressed, Mila regresses, losing her facility with human language from lack of interest. The format of the book changes, the font growing larger and sentences becoming shorter as Mila struggles to return to the dolphins.
In the end, this beautiful and poignant novel proves that family and home can come in all forms, as Mila returns to the sea to live freely with her dolphin family.- See more at: http://www.enotes.com/topics/the-music-of-dolphins#sthash.cKx75M0V.dpuf