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Title: The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck ISBN: 0-06-440171-5 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 31 May, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a powerful story about a volcano and the sea.
Comment: Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His best friend Jiya lives in the fishing village on the foot of the mountain. Everyone in the village fears the Big Wave. When the Big Wave comes Kino and Jiya's lives are changed forever, but their friendship will never end. I liked this book, it was interesting to read about how a volcano and the sea combined can be so powerful.
Rating: 5
Summary: A story of friendship and courage
Comment: "The Big Wave," by Pearl S. Buck, is a short novel that takes place in Japan. The main characters are Kino, a farm boy who lives on a mountainside, and his good friend Jiya, who is the son of a fisherman. The two boys bond despite the cultural differences between the farming and fishing communities. But with the presence of a volcano and the threat of the great ocean wave of the book's title, life holds danger for these boys.
This is a simple but beautifully told tale. Buck's themes include courage in the face of danger, the impact of geography upon the lives of the Japanese people, and the cycles of death and life. But most of all the book is about hope and friendship. For a good companion text, try one of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books.
Rating: 5
Summary: Reverent and lovely
Comment: I bought this book at a yard sale for twenty five cents. I read it to my six year old daughter and it was her favorite bedtime book for several months. It was a joy for me to discover how much I loved it, too.
The themes are "mature," in that a boy watches his entire family die and then his friend watches him grieve this loss. My six year old was not too young for this, however; to her, death is as natural as the sun coming up unless I make a big deal about it. Pearl Buck presents a deep reverence for life, death, and living with danger and uncertainty that permeate the story in an accessible and real way. The end message is hopeful and joyous.
I found in this book something rare in children's and even much contemporary adult fiction: a nonthreatening, sensitive portrayal of how people deal physically and emotionally with overwhelming loss; it's sort of like Elizabeth Kubler Ross 101 for a child's understanding. How unusual, and valuable.
Kathleen Norris wrote in The Cloister Walk that for many years literature gave her what religion gives some people in the way of guidance and comfort in life's challenges. It seems to me the pinnacle of good literature to show commonalities between people of all ages, all over the world and through history, suggesting values people from other cultures and times have used to deal with universal human dramas. For me, The Big Wave does that.
I hope I'm not the only parent who thinks kids deserve books with more substance than Junie B. Jones and Captain Underpants offer. Pearl Buck obviously respected children and their capacity to understand. Add to that its lovely clear language and stunning imagery of the setting...well, all told this is maybe my favorite kid's book, even if it only cost a quarter.
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Title: The Child Who Never Grew by Pearl S. Buck, James A. Michener ISBN: 0933149492 Publisher: Woodbine House Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Mother by Pearl S. Buck ISBN: 1559210915 Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd Pub. Date: May, 1993 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck ISBN: 155921287X Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Three Daughters of Madame Liang (Buck, Pearl S. Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck, 4th,) by Pearl S. Buck ISBN: 1559210400 Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd Pub. Date: December, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: CALL IT COURAGE by Armstrong Sperry ISBN: 0689713916 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: 30 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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