Tara and the Towering Wave: An Indian Ocean Tsunami Survival Story - Hardcover

by Cristina Oxtra (Author), Francesca Ficorilli (Illustrator), Jane Pica (Cover Design by)

When her mother announces a holiday vacation to Thailand, Tara isn't thrilled. She'd rather stay home with her friends, but Mom is determined they 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 vacation suddenly becomes a fight to survive - and find her mother in the wreckage.