Hayley Makk. Shes the kind of girl who talks tough, bleeds ink, and can handle the discovery of a dead body with sang froideven if she is only seventeen. But shes pulled off her first big scoop which involves an isolated shack spattered in human blood by her dad, who sends her instead on a research trip with her former biology teacher, Ms. Cameron, to locate and study a rare sea turtle and earn the final credit for her high school diploma. Hayley reluctantly embarks on the science assignment, accompanied by a socially clueless fellow-student, Ernest, who turns out to be a tree-hugger of the first degree. They spot the turtle, but cant tag the elusive creature. The voyage takes a sinister twist when a fishing boat appears, apparently intent on capturing the turtle at any cost.
