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The Big Wave

Autor Pearl S Buck
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 apr 1986 – vârsta până la 10 ani
The author's famous story of a Japanese boy who must face life after escaping the tidal wave destruction of his family and village . . .--Booklist. Illustrated with 18th- and 19th-century Japanese prints.
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ISBN-13: 9780808572725
ISBN-10: 0808572725
Pagini: 64
Dimensiuni: 133 x 196 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Ediția:Bound for Schools & Libraries edition
Editura: TURTLEBACK BOOKS

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"The author's famous story of a Japanese boy who must face life after escaping the tidal wave destruction of his family and village . . ."--"Booklist." Illustrated with 18th- and 19th-century Japanese prints.

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Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, including Kino and Jiya, has heard of the big wave. No one suspects it will wipe out the whole village and Jiya's family, too. As Jiya struggles to overcome his sorrow, he understands it is in the presence of danger that one learns to be brave, and to appreciate how wonderful life can be.
The famous story of a Japanese boy who must face life after escaping the tidal wave destruction of his family and village.

Notă biografică

Pearl S. Buck is the author of many distinguished books for children and adults. She won the Child Study Association's Children's Book Award for The Big Wave, the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Good Earth, and in 1938 received the Nobel Prize for literature.