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When a mysterious scholarship sends twelve-year-old Sophie Kai Bender to a Hawaiian summer camp for young shamans, she goes, but with one goal in mind: Find a friend for her pet seahorse, Buddy, and return home.

However, plans change when Sophie begins to make friends with kids who have “psycho-telepathic-weirdnesses” of their own. With the help of Camp Koa’s caring elders, a resident gecko, the goddess Pele, and the spirit of her little sister, Sophie Kai learns to accept her mysterious abilities, but will those abilities be powerful enough to save some of Hawaii’s most vulnerable creatures?

What the Seahorse Told Me is a magical tale of friendship, family, and the spirit of aloha—guaranteed to delight your heart.