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A review by safiaisreading
Up From the Sea by Leza Lowitz
4.0
Told from the point-of-view of Kai, a half Japanese and half American kid. The story is set in 2011 when a massive tsunami hit the Tohoku coast in Japan and sent the country chaos. Inspired by a young boy -the author met in the disaster zone- who loves soccer and creates a soccer team to rally his town after the tsunami. The story is beautifully written and Kai is an endearing narrator.
Kai.
It means ocean.
Mom named me that
to anchor me.
THE QUAKE MOVED THE EARTH
ten inches
on its axis.
I guess
I shifted,
too.
THE RADIO TELLS OF WHOLE VILLAGES
wiped out
along the Tohoku coast—
Rikuzentakata,
Minamisanriku,
Ishinomaki,
Onagawa,
Kesennuma.
Tens of thousands
could be dead or injured,
thousands more missing,
hundreds of thousands
homeless,
including me.
The prime minister
says we’re not alone.
I feel alone.
Can’t stop checking
my ruined
phone.
This is the first novel in verse I've read. It is also the first book I've read by Leza Lowitz AND I've loved every bit of it.
Kai.
It means ocean.
Mom named me that
to anchor me.
THE QUAKE MOVED THE EARTH
ten inches
on its axis.
I guess
I shifted,
too.
THE RADIO TELLS OF WHOLE VILLAGES
wiped out
along the Tohoku coast—
Rikuzentakata,
Minamisanriku,
Ishinomaki,
Onagawa,
Kesennuma.
Tens of thousands
could be dead or injured,
thousands more missing,
hundreds of thousands
homeless,
including me.
The prime minister
says we’re not alone.
I feel alone.
Can’t stop checking
my ruined
phone.
This is the first novel in verse I've read. It is also the first book I've read by Leza Lowitz AND I've loved every bit of it.