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Tara and the Towering Wave

An Indian Ocean Tsunami Survival Story

Author: Cristina Oxtra, Francesca Ficorilli and Jane Pica   Series: Girls Survive

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When her mother announces a holiday to Thailand, Tara isn't thrilled. She'd rather stay at home with her friends, but Mum is determined to use the girls' trip to explore their Thai heritage. Tara is reluctant to travel so far from home, especially to a country she doesn't feel connected to. But then disaster strikes. The day after Christmas, a massive tsunami sweeps through Phuket, Thailand. Tara's resort holiday suddenly becomes a fight to survive - and to find her mother in the wreckage.

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About the Author

Cristina Oxtra is a Filipino American author. She earned an MFA in creative writing for children and young adults at Hamline University. She received the 2019–2020 Mirrors & Windows Fellowship for Indigenous writers and writers of color at the Loft Literary Center. She lives in Minnesota, where she enjoys spending time with family, cooking, baking, martial arts, supernatural and paranormal TV shows, and comic cons. Her website is at Francesca Ficorilli was born and lives in Rome, Italy. Francesca knew that she wanted to be an artist since she was a child. She was encouraged by ther love for animation and her mother's passion for fine arts, which she passed down to Francesca. After earning a degree in animation, she started workign as a freelance animator and illustrator. She finds inspirations for her illustrations in every corner of the world.

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Publisher
Capstone Global Library Ltd | Raintree
Published
24th June 2021
Pages
112
ISBN
9781398204966

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