I Survived: I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (Hardcover)

from jjpoppyjj

a bit sad but it was cool to read a first-hand perspective of a boy caught in the tsunami.

from benuathanasia

I've come to the realization that Tarshis gives the protagonists sob-story backgrounds (death of a parent or emotional tragedy) so she can eschew having characters actually suffer REAL loss *during* the books. No one is ever maimed. No one of importance dies. They're well-written books, I just wi...

from amccann

After the death of his father Ben goes to his fathers hometown in Japan. Now Ben is in a foreign country and a no idea what to do when suddenly a wall of water comes rushing towards him. He is separated from his family as the waves crash into his uncles home. Now he has to find a was to survive.

from amccann

After the death of his father Ben goes to his fathers hometown in Japan. Now Ben is in a foreign country and a no idea what to do when suddenly a wall of water comes rushing towards him. He is separated from his family as the waves crash into his uncles home. Now he has to find a was to survive.