Tsunami Girl
by Julian Sedgwick
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Pub Date 4 Mar 2021 | Archive Date 7 Nov 2023
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Description
SHORTLISTED for the CARNEGIE GREENAWAY AWARD 2022
Fifteen-year-old Yuki is struggling at school with her confidence, and goes to Japan to stay with her grandfather, a well-known manga artist and to whom she is very close. But during her visit, a calamitous event occurs - the March 2011 East Coast Earthquake and Tsunami - and her beloved Grandpa is lost.
Yuki and her friend Taka must make sense of the terrible situation and come to terms with the loss of their life as they knew it - and see that through renewal and with resilience, they can emerge from this tragedy with optimism for the future. Interwoven with Japanese folk tales, modern-day ghost stories, and the creation of her very own vibrant manga hero, Yuki finds the courage to overcome extraordinary odds, and take her first steps into the world that lies beyond catastrophe.
Told through both prose and manga, this story for young adults will touch the heart of any reader.
'Impressive and Original' – Financial Times
'Breathtakingly Powerful' – LoveReading
Advance Praise
'Heartwarming and heart-wrenching' The Scotsman
'Impressive and original' Financial Times
'Breathtakingly powerful' Lovereading
'Heartwarming and heart-wrenching' The Scotsman
'Impressive and original' Financial Times
'Breathtakingly powerful' Lovereading
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781913101466 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 384 |
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Featured Reviews
Educator 1114607
I have had strong ties with Japan since I was a teenager when I first started learning Japanese. To me, Japan is like a second home and I travel there frequently to see my friends there, to go to concerts, etc. I still remember that day. I remember worrying about my friends in Japan. I still remember seeing them again for the first time after that day.
I love how the book is a combination of manga and prose. There is a certain calmness amid the disaster and the internal turmoil in the writing. It will make a great course book but just am not sure if I have the emotional strength to teach it. A truly beautiful book.
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