J-Recommended for junior high school students. We see as "different." Samantha Musher, Lib. It has made a strong point about the blindness of the West to those who Terrifying adventure story a touching story of a friendship and aīeautifully drawn picture of another part of the world. Government, which existed long before the tsunami, but with which few of
Political tensions between Aceh separatist rebels and the Indonesian Is quite successful at presenting Indonesian culture-especially the Lewis, who was raised in Bali as the son of American missionaries, They agree to help each other, and grow to care deeply for one another Searches for a doctor for feverish Peter. Ruslan travels through Aceh Province to find his father and Sarah Teens' stories are told separately in alternating chapters, as When the 2004 tsunami hits,īoth are separated from their families: Ruslan's father has gone toĪnother town for work, and Sarah and her brother Peter are separatedįrom their parents when their father is injured and their mother killedĪttempting to escape the wave. Ruslan is the teenaged son of an Indonesian mechanic, whose father hasĬonveniently required that he learn English. Sarah is an American teenager vacationing with her family in Indonesia. To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2006: It depicts these people dying who Ruslan knew, and heaps of corpses being unceremoniously buried. It was a short, but sweet book, which I really enjoyed reading, though the book was a bit depressing. Normally, when you hear about disasters in far-away places, they don’t really affect you that much other than a twinge of pity for “those poor people.” This book put a human face on tragedy and made you really feel for the people killed and hurt by the tsunami. Along with Surf Cat, a helpful and courageous feline, they navigate through the destruction, barely believing what they see. Sarah had been on a vacation with her parents when the tsunami struck. Ruslan is searching for his father and Sarah is trying to get medical treatment for her sick brother.
Ruslan, and Indonesian boy and Sarah, an American girl, are brought together in the aftermath of the disaster. This is a book about the diastrous tsunami in 2004 that struck Indonesia.
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