Eye of the Dolphin

Alyssa, a troubled 15 year old girl, finds her world turned upside-down when she is expelled from the 9th grade in Los Angeles. She is forced to go live with her father, a man who she has never met who works as a dolphin research scientist on a remote island in the Bahamas. Their conflicting personalities make it difficult for the two to form a meaningful relationship until the local government tries to turn the research facility into a tourist attraction.