Tsunami Girl
Author Julian Sedgwick
Illustrator Chie Kutsuwasda
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Story
15-year-old Yuki is staying with her grandfather when the coast is devastated by a massive tsunami and her world is shattered. The story is told in both prose and manga. Yuki searches for her grandfather in the tsunami and radiation zone, while in the manga version of the story she uses her imagination to find ways to survive.
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Why we chose it
The combination of prose and manga mixes a real, historical event with Japanese folklore and ghost stories to tell a powerful story of survival.
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What a young reviewer said
I absolutely enjoyed this book because it was sad at the proper times – the sad emotions really hit in the book but in a good way! (Seren, age 12)
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First published
2021,Guppy Books
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I absolutely enjoyed this book because it was sad at the proper times and the same for the rest of the emotions that were displayed in the book. What I mean about 'it was sad at the proper times', is that it gave the feeling that the sad emotions really hit in the book but in a good way!:)) I would recommend this book for people who like sad stories but also for people who like stories about the past. I would (personally) rate the book a 10/10!