Escaping the Giant Wave

by Peg Kehret

Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

813

Publication

Aladdin (2004), Edition: Reprint, 160 pages

Description

When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.

Awards

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2006)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2008)
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2006)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2008)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Winner — Grades 3-5 — 2006)
Nevada Young Readers' Award (Nominee — 2006)
Iowa Children's Choice Award (Nominee — 2006)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2006)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2007)

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