24/2/88--15000(+GROUP)X24PX$2.25(20000X20P). A FORMAT.192PP.PLUS. AND DOLPHIS (WITH WHOM RIKO CAN COMMUNICATE). THE GIRLS' MOTHER PLEADS WITH SIF TO ACCOMPANY THEM, AGAIN THREATENING TO LEAVE RIKO ON HER OWN IN THE WORLD/ THE SEAPEOPLE AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF RONGO CONVINCINGLY AND CLEVERLY PORTRAYED, ADN THE FOURTEEN YEAR OLD'S EMOTIONAL STRUGGLES ARE MOVINGLY CHARTED. THE POWERFUL CLIMAX HAS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT MAN'S ABUSE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THE OCEANS IN PARTICULAR.