Lenore Bergquist

Coral Cove and Rudy's Big Discovery Lenore Bergquist

Being separated from one's parents is one of the most traumatic events in a young one's life. After a violent storm, Rudy becomes separated from his family and is all alone in the deep, dark ocean. After swimming frantically for a whole day trying to find his family he finally settles alone and hungry in some rocks and sleeps. The next morning, only through fate is he able to arrive in a beautiful, blue lagoon. There he finds himself under the safe keeping and the tutelage of Mother Angel Fish and her family. As he grows up he realizes that all the fishes have special traits about them. Whether it is the butterfly fish that can hide in the coral because her body is so thin or the beautiful colors of the angel fish Rudy wonders if there is anything special about him because he is so small and grey. Through a frightening turn of events where the lagoon is turned upside down from a very traumatic experience, he discovers who and what he is and becomes the hero of Coral Cove.