Written by Bernadette L. Shih
Illustrated by Marie Litster
ISBN 0-9700209-9-6
48 pp. full color illustrations
Hardcover, with dustjacket
Publication Date: September 2001
$16.95
ABSTRACT: As Independence Day approaches, Classmates Tommy Smith and
Johnny Lee learn to put their cultural differences aside when an earthquake
and tsunami almost cost them their lives.
For grades 4-6
An innovative Knowledge Power Builder
at the end of the book -- which provides more information on selected
topics covered in the story -- enhances the book's usefulness as a teaching
tool.