The Big Wave Study Guide

by Rebecca Gilleland

The Child Study Association's Children's Book Award choice, written by the Nobel Prize winning author, Pearl S. Buck. The lives of two young Japanese boys are changed forever when a tsunami crashes against their island and takes Jiya's entire family. As Jiya struggles with his loss, with the help of his friend Kino he learns that life is stronger than death, and as his heart heals he finds he is ready to live again. Setting: 19th century Japan

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586093134
• ISBN13: 9781586093136
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Progeny Press
• Length: 48 Pages