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Lewis, Richard.
THE KILLING SEA
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2006.
IL YA
ISBN 1416911650
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 The people ran as quickly as they could as the sound got louder.  From behind, the water came and destroyed everything in its path.  In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami that devastated Sumatra, Ruslan, an Indonesian boy,  searches desperately for his father who is missing.  He has believes his father is alive but in another village and he is determined to find him.  Sarah is American and she is in Indonesia with her family on vacation.  When the waters subside, her mother is dead, her father missing and her brother is in need of medical attention.  Both teens are seeking help in the midst of unspeakable devastation.  They soon join up and face the destruction.
SUBJECTS:     Survival -- Fiction.
                        Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004 -- Fiction.
                        Tsunamis -- Fiction.
                        Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.

 
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