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Ohi, Ruth

Kenta and the Big Wave

32 pp. | Annick | October, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55451-577-6 $19.95 | Paper ISBN 978-1-55451-576-9 $9.95
(3) K-3 A straightforward, low-key text tells how Kenta, a Japanese boy, loses his soccer ball to the ocean when a tsunami strikes his small village--and how it's found far away by a boy, who thoughtfully mails it back. The gently upbeat story, accompanied by quiet watercolors, ends with Kenta and other children playing soccer amidst the rebuilding of their homes.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander

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