Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, including Kino and Jiya, has heard of the big wave. No one suspects it will wipe out the whole village and Jiya's family, too. As Jiya struggles to overcome his sorrow, he understands it is in the presence of danger that one learns to be brave, and to appreciate how wonderful life can be. The famous story of a Japanese boy who must face life after escaping the tidal wave destruction of his family and village. Pearl S. Buck is the author of many distinguished books for children and adults. She won the Child Study Association's Children's Book Award for The Big Wave, the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Good Earth, and in 1938 received the Nobel Prize for literature.
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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Nascida Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker (Hillsboro, 26 de junho de 1892 — Danby, 6 de março de 1973), também conhecida por Sai Zhen Zhu (chinês: 賽珍珠) foi uma sinologista e escritora estadunidense. Ganhadora do Prémio Pulitzer de 1932, recebeu o Nobel de Literatura de 1938.
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