Her syntax lacks the use of pronouns and prepositions as she tells her experience of living in a government research facility. The structure of the story begins with Mila communicating in simple language reflecting the second language learner. Mila finds assimilating with humans difficult socially. When the Coast Guard finds her as a teen, she is taken to a research facility and studied with another girl, Shay, who is a feral child but from being isolated from other humans by her mother. Karen Hesse's story is about Mila, a feral child discovered by humans as a teen, who has lived with dolphins since she was four years old and been imprinted by their behavior. "Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling is still on my endless book list. "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George, involves the girl Julie who lives with wolves and learns to communicate with them. What defines a person when he or she isn't socialized and raised by animals? "Peter Pan" by JM Barrie, remains in an adolescent state. Books about feral children make for an interesting look at the nature of being human and language development.
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