Day of the Wave
Gina Hamilton
language
(Turning Tide Cottage Press, July 12, 2012)
On the day after Christmas, in 2004, an earthquake and tsunami devastated the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, especially the northern Banda Aceh region. This book, written for the 9-12 age market, follows the story of Merpati, a 12-year-old girl, separated from her parents and sister, and responsible for the care of a tiny orphan and an ancient blind villager, as she tries to keep them all alive, while refusing to give up hope of seeing her cherished family again in the grim days that followed the day of the wave. Day of the Wave is a coming of age story in a very complex and difficult setting. It also offers young people and teachers a strong multicultural component about daily life for villagers, especially girls and women, in Sumatra.