The Big Wave

The Big Wave

<DIV><b>The author of <i>The Good Earth</i> tells a poignant story about two boys whose friendship and courage help them survive an overwhelming tragedy</b></div><DIV><BR>On a mountainside in Japan, two boys enjoy a humble life governed by age-old customs. Jiya belongs to a family of fishermen; his best friend, Kino, farms rice. But when a neighboring volcano erupts and a tidal wave swallows their village—including Jiya’s family—life as they know it is changed forever. The orphaned Jiya must learn to come to terms with his grief. Now facing a profoundly different life than the one he’d always taken for granted, he must decide on a new way forward.</div><DIV> </div><DIV>Written with graceful simplicity, <i>The Big Wave</i> won the Children’s Book Award of the Child Study Association of America when it was first released.</div><DIV> </div><DIV>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.</div>