The classic tale of a Japanese boy orphaned by a tsunami from the author of The Good Earth, the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. 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 villageâincluding Jiyaâs familyâlife 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 heâd always taken for granted, he must decide on a new way forward. Â Written with graceful simplicity, The Big Wave won the Childrenâs Book Award of the Child Study Association of America when it was first released. Â This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the authorâs estate.
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