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1) Nation
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After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives.
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Atlantis novels (Gregory Mone) volume 1
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Fourteen-year-old Kaya, of the undersea, high-tech world of Atlantis, and twelve-year-old Lewis, of the climate-threatened world above water, embark on a dangerous adventure when he enters her realm.
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During a party a tsunami hits the coast of California, and Denver and a handful of others escape death and are swept out to sea. Of course, one of her fellow castaways is none other than her ex-BFF, Abigail, who can barely stand the sight of her. Trapped on a small boat with the most popular kids in school and waiting to be rescued, Denver wonders what might kill her first--dehydration, sunstroke, or the girl she used to think of as a sister?
8) The big wave
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His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.
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Once each year, Kimo and his grandfather have placed a flower lei atop a stone monument at Laupāhoehoe Point, but it is not until after Grandfather's death that he learns of the 1946 tsunami that took the lives of twenty-four schoolchildren and teachers, including Grandfather's younger brother.
11) Inferno in Tokyo
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After tsunami waves sweep over the Imagination Station, it breaks down completely. Patrick and Beth wash up on the shores of Japan on September 1, 1923. The cousins fear if the waters doesn't get them, the earthquake will! Disaster engulfs the city of Tokyo, leaving families and friends separated and desperate. Thanks to a Japanese celebrity and a performing elephant, the cousins escape the worst of the earthquake and aid an abandoned child. They...
12) The killing sea
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In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, two teenagers, American Sarah and Acehnese Ruslan, meet and continue together their arduous climb inland, where Ruslan hopes to find his father and Sarah seeks a doctor for her brother.
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"Based on the true story of an earthquake that shook Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula, [this book] tells the tale of this forgotten disaster from the point of view of a young girl whose life is turned upside down. November 18th, 1929. In her small village in Newfoundland, Celia is setting the table for her 13th birthday celebration when the house starts to shake. It's an earthquake, rumbling under the Atlantic Ocean. A few hours later, the sea water...
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Pico does not believe the old stories that say the moai, the stone statues of his village, come alive and protect the people in time of trouble, until a great wave comes and he is in grave danger. Includes facts about tsunamis, Easter Island, and the effects of deforestation.
16) Wave
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When Luke and Mai, two kids enjoying the beach, see the tsunami coming, they still do not have time to escape. When the wave hits, they and others are sundered from their families. Now the two will have to rely on each other to survive and find their parents again.
17) Nacja
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Polish
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After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives.
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"En una isla, lejos de allí, sobre la tibia arena, la gente disfrutaba de una mañana serena."--Cover.
"On an island, far away, on the warm sand, people enjoyed a quiet morning."--Cataloger's translation of cover.
En una isla, sobre la tibia arena, la gente disfruta de una mañana tranquila. De pronto los animales se inquietan, huyen a los puntos más altos, pero un hombre necesitará de su ayuda para salvar a su hijo del terrible tsunami. Una...
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