The innkeeper’s bossy daughter irritates Rendi.
Bad-tempered and insolent, Rendi hates Clear Sky, but he has no way of leaving the sad village where every night the sky moans and the moon has vanished. When a troubled runaway arrives in an isolated Chinese village where the moon has disappeared, he initiates a quest to find the missing orb and resolve his past.Įscaping from home in a merchant’s cart, Rendi’s abandoned in the Village of Clear Sky, where the innkeeper hires him as chore boy. Occasionally shaky typesetting, along with the changing size and movement of the words on the page, adds to the overall impact and gravity of the story.Ī moving but never overwhelming look at Japan’s devastating 2011 earthquake. The time signature often appears in red in the margins, allowing readers to grasp how long each day felt and how frequent and unpredictable aftershocks were. Narrated by Maya in free verse, this is an affecting account of Japan’s catastrophic earthquake and the days that surrounded it. Through small acts of kindness, Maya finds strength and discovers even little things can make a big difference. Maya continues to feel hopeless and afraid, but her father tells her, “strengthen yourself,” then help others.
As whole areas are wiped out by the ocean, a nuclear plant is damaged, and the death toll continues to rise, the rest of Japan bands together to send relief to the hardest-hit region, in the northeast. But with each new tremble, Maya can’t help but panic. Maya’s family discovers they are luckier than many they still have their home and their lives. Aftershocks and tsunamis threaten to cause more devastation every moment. On March 11, 2011, a five-minute-long earthquake shudders through Japan, changing their lives forever. Maya, half Japanese, half American, lives in a suburb a few miles outside of Tokyo. When Japan is left in ruins by a massive earthquake, one child must navigate through fear to help the community.
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