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Item Nr: B 103741 Title: Escaping the Giant Wave
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Kehret, Peg
Length: 151 Prod/Pub: ALADDIN
Copyright: 2004 Series:
Book Type: FC Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  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. Includes an author's note which provides factual information on tsunamis. Natural disasters Fiction. AR 4.7. Follett RL 5.9. RC 4.3. Lexile 750. GR level S. Iowa Children's Choice winner.

  Subjects:
  13 - ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS
  1353 - BULLIES/BULLYING
  400 - DISASTERS
  420 - EARTHQUAKES
  1539 - GUIDED READING LEVEL S
  1677 - LEXILE 700-799
  1729 - TSUNAMIS/TIDAL WAVES