The story of A Ring of Endless Light features a 16-year-old girl, named Vicky, who tries to forge a bond with a pod of dolphins while grappling with the impending loss of her grandpa from leukemia.

Writers Marita Giovanni and Bruce Graham take the poignant and thought-provoking notions of life and death found in the Madeline L'Engle teen novel and turn it into Gidget meets Flipper drivel for "A ...