Daddy, I Can Talk to Animals!

Lily, 8, can hear animals' thoughts. Her dad Mark runs a failing aquarium, favors stepsister Zoe, sure Lily causes trouble. Lily saves a timid polar bear, then befriends a stressed orca that copes with math. Their duels make the aquarium a hit. Elaine credits Zoe, injects the orca to force a show; it runs wild—she blames Lily, orders it shot. Lily leaps in and calms it; before Elaine fires, it breaches with Lily on its back. Mark sees the truth.