I bought this book for my daughter so she could have something fun to read during my son's recent physical therapy evaluation. She finished probably 10 minutes before we were done, and then gave me the stink eye when I told her she could then read in her Everything Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know Book...yah, I'm totally no fun that way ;) Actually, I'd thought for sure this would probably keep her occupied more then half an hour and hadn't purchased her a second, so I didn't have anything else on my kindle to hit her with that wasn't something she finds even more snoozy, like Jane Austin. The rating comes from her, she really enjoys the books in this series and this was no exception.
She says this is fictional (as in the characters and events described), but based off of real life events. She gave me a play by play later that day, but won't repeat anything now (I am honest enough to admit I was only partially paying attention because something came up with her brother at the same time and so I tuned some of her description), and she says she doesn't want to be a spoiler for the sake of this review. I think it could be she's not too thrilled I'm interrupting her while she's reading her brand new Animal Jam book to do this. I do remember she was super excited because the main character's cat saves him in the Tsunami. I told her it's a good thing we don't live near the ocean, because our Catzilla wouldn't even think about doing that. She said what she likes most about these books is that they are all about disasters, and she "likes reading about disasters...ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!" I feel like it almost needed to be a "muah ha ha ha ha" based on the tone she used, but ... Anyways, she likes these a lot and is chuckling over my shoulder as we speak about my last sentence and is now trying to sweet talk me into a lollipop. Which I've used to extort the additional information about the book out of her about the plot line:
Basically there was a kid in his uncle's house and that's when the earthquake happened, and they got out of the house and into a car, and that's when the Tsunami caught up to them, and if they want to know more they'll have to read it for themselves. I think that's as good as we're going to get. I think she gets this from me, because I won't ever tell her what's going to happen next when I'm reading to her or watching movies with her for things I'm already familiar with. I think this is payback kiddo style ;)
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This is a must read book from the I Survived series
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2019
I wanted to read this book because there was an assignment given by our English teacher where we had to read a historical fiction book so I chose this one. I Survived the Japanese Tsunami is a good book for historical fiction readers as it explains about events in the past like the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.This book is about a boy named Ben Kudo, his brother Harry , his mother and their father’s uncle, Ojisan who get separated due to a tsunami which spread for over 5 miles INLAND. Ben has been disheartened as his father died. His brother made a wish on the top of a magical cherry tree that their father would come back and he did! His wisdom came back into Ben’s heart and mind which helped him survive the quake and the tsunami.This book really interested me because there is a lot of action the author explains in a way I can imagine it happening behind me.For example, in chapter 1 it says , “ The churning water twisted him, tore at him, spun at him like a bird caught in a tornado. Terror screamed through his body .” You will really want to read on and find out what happened in the book.I feel that there are funny moments like when Harry made the wish and came tumbling down the cherry tree and then they had to rush to the hospital because there was a huge gash on his hand. There they met Dr. Sato who tricked Harry and said that DARTH VADER had a scar . Harry wanted to be just like him so he was brave enough to get the scar.I hope I have contributed and that you will read this outstanding review.
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2019
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Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2019
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami is a good book for historical fiction readers as it explains about events in the past like the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
This book is about a boy named Ben Kudo, his brother Harry , his mother and their father’s uncle, Ojisan who get separated due to a tsunami which spread for over 5 miles INLAND. Ben has been disheartened as his father died. His brother made a wish on the top of a magical cherry tree that their father would come back and he did! His wisdom came back into Ben’s heart and mind which helped him survive the quake and the tsunami.
This book really interested me because there is a lot of action the author explains in a way I can imagine it happening behind me.For example, in chapter 1 it says , “ The churning water twisted him, tore at him, spun at him like a bird caught in a tornado. Terror screamed through his body .” You will really want to read on and find out what happened in the book.
I feel that there are funny moments like when Harry made the wish and came tumbling down the cherry tree and then they had to rush to the hospital because there was a huge gash on his hand. There they met Dr. Sato who tricked Harry and said that DARTH VADER had a scar . Harry wanted to be just like him so he was brave enough to get the scar.
I hope I have contributed and that you will read this outstanding review.
This is a must read book from the I Survived series
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2019
I wanted to read this book because there was an assignment given by our English teacher where we had to read a historical fiction book so I chose this one.Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2019
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami is a good book for historical fiction readers as it explains about events in the past like the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
This book is about a boy named Ben Kudo, his brother Harry , his mother and their father’s uncle, Ojisan who get separated due to a tsunami which spread for over 5 miles INLAND. Ben has been disheartened as his father died. His brother made a wish on the top of a magical cherry tree that their father would come back and he did! His wisdom came back into Ben’s heart and mind which helped him survive the quake and the tsunami.
This book really interested me because there is a lot of action the author explains in a way I can imagine it happening behind me.For example, in chapter 1 it says , “ The churning water twisted him, tore at him, spun at him like a bird caught in a tornado. Terror screamed through his body .” You will really want to read on and find out what happened in the book.
I feel that there are funny moments like when Harry made the wish and came tumbling down the cherry tree and then they had to rush to the hospital because there was a huge gash on his hand. There they met Dr. Sato who tricked Harry and said that DARTH VADER had a scar . Harry wanted to be just like him so he was brave enough to get the scar.
I hope I have contributed and that you will read this outstanding review.
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