![]() ![]() This relationship is not overplayed as a romance, and again is reasonably convincing. The third storyline is the changing relationship between the two leading characters – an American girl who grows up through having to cope and a local boy who helps her get medical help for her brother. Again, the storyline reads persuasively, with references peppering the chapters to give an idea of the ever-present tension as ordinary people have to cope with the intrusion of violence in their lives. The secondary storyline is that the area was subject to guerrilla warfare, with freedom fighters and the army both attempting to control the area where the tsunami struck. It reads realistically and the narrative gives a good feel for what it must have been like, even if it cannot convey the actual experience of the engulfing water, the chaos and the stench of death. The Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 happens fairly early in the book after a bit of scene-setting, and the main part of the story is about the survivors and how they coped. The storyline is an interesting blend of three elements. It does not say anywhere on the cover that this book was written for children, but the two key characters are teenagers, and it is written in a direct style that should go down well with a younger readership. ![]()
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