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Author
Series
I survived volume 8
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Visiting his dad's hometown in Japan four months after his father's death would be hard enough for Ben. But one morning the pain turns to fear. First, a massive earthquake rocks the quiet coastal village, nearly toppling his uncle's house. Then the ocean waters rise and Ben and his family are swept away by a terrible tsunami. Now Ben is alone, stranded in a strange country a million miles from home. Can he fight hard enough to survive one of the most...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
When Yui loses both her mother and her daughter in the tsunami, she begins to mark the passage of time from that date onward: Everything is relative to March 11, 2011, the day the tsunami tore Japan apart, and when grief took hold of her life. Yui struggles to continue on, alone with her pain. Then, one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone booth in his garden. There, those who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Describes the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated areas of Japan, detailing what caused the earthquake and tsunami, the people who were affected by the disaster, and the worldwide effort to rescue and rebuild.
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese citizens fell into the hands of a small corps of engineers, firemen and soldiers who risked their lives to prevent the Daiichi nuclear complex from complete meltdown. This is their story, with rare footage from inside the plant and eyewitness testimony from the people on the frontlines.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever measured in Japan occurred off the northeast coast. It triggered a tsunami with a wall of water 128 feet high. The tsunami damaged the nuclear power plant in Fukushima triggering the nightmare scenario--a nuclear meltdown. For six days, employees at the plant worked to contain the meltdown and disaster workers scoured the surrounding flooded area for survivors. This book examines the science behind...
Author
Pub. Date
c2013.
Description
Gretel Ehrlich returned to the earthquake-and-tsunami-devastated Tohoku coast to hear the stories of survivors. The result, a blend of reportage, poetic observation, and deeply felt reflection, tells the stories of rice farmers, monks, fisherman, and others who lived to tell about the disaster.
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