{"product_id":"9780553534771","title":"Up From the Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful novel-in-verse about how one teen boy survives the March 2011 tsunami that devastates his coastal Japanese village.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Successfully captures the raw emotions of loss, grief, and what it means to move forward.” —BuzzFeed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e On the day the tsunami strikes, Kai loses nearly everyone and everything he cares about. But a trip to New York to meet kids whose lives were changed by 9\/11 gives him new hope and the chance to look for his estranged American father. Visiting Ground Zero on its tenth anniversary, Kai learns that the only way to make something good come out of disaster is to return and rebuild.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Heartrending yet hopeful, \u003ci\u003eUp from the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about loss, survival, and starting anew. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Fans of Jewell Parker Rhodes’s \u003ci\u003eNinth Ward\u003c\/i\u003e and Karen Hesse’s \u003ci\u003eOut of the Dust \u003c\/i\u003ewill embrace this moving story. An author’s note includes numerous sources detailing actual events portrayed in the story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BOOKRIOT 100 MUST-READ YA BOOKS WRITTEN IN VERSE\u003cbr\u003eA NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK FOR TEENS, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eUp From the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e touched me deeply with its beautiful message of hope and the resilience of humanity. Bravo.” —Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy series\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “It is a moving story of the rebirth of hope in a teen who has lost almost everything. . . . Kai will resonate with teens on a simple human level, just as 3\/11 resonates with 9\/11.” —\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Leza Lowitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47564192448724,"sku":"9780553534771","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c3e98ecb-7435-4034-9186-807541fad976.jpg?v=1771376245","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780553534771","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}