Through My Eyes: Natural Disaster Zones series by John Heffernan, Wai Chim, Fleur Beale, Zoe Daniel (Lyn White: Editor)(#01~4)
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Overview: The new Through My Eyes – Natural Disaster Zones is a powerful and moving series set in contemporary natural disaster zones. The inspirational stores of courage, resilience and hope give insight into environment, culture and identity through one child’s eyes.
The four texts explore the experiences of children living in contemporary natural disaster zones where their homes, loved ones and futures have been severely affected by powerful events that reshape their lives. The realistic historical fiction series aims to pay tribute to these children, who are often the most vulnerable in post-disaster periods.
Initially there will be a strong sense of place with the nature and magnitude of the particular climactic event vividly portrayed. Narrative focus will quickly shift to the personal impact of the disaster and the communities’ daily engagement with emergency response, recovery and rebuilding. The child and community’s post-disaster journey towards a sustainable identity, disaster preparedness and a hopeful future will be a key theme.
Young readers will experience, through one child’s eyes, the physical, emotional and social implications of the disaster and witness incidents of courage and selflessness and perhaps heroism. Each inspiring story will satisfy readers’ natural curiosity and wonder about the diversity of the world’s places, cultures and environments and guide their discovery and appreciation of the crucial interdependence of people and environment. The engaging texts based on real events, meticulously researched and sensitively presented, and the endearing strong protagonists will create informed empathy and promote global citizenship.
Genre: Young Adult |
#1 – Hotaka (Japan) by John Heffernan:
When the tsunami strikes the Japanese coastal town of Omori-wan, the effects are utterly devastating. Three years later, much of what happened on that day is still a mystery. As Hotaka sets about convincing local performers to appear at the town’s upcoming Memorial Concert, he finds himself increasingly haunted by memories of his best friend Takeshi. When strong willed Sakura initiates a controversial anti-seawall movement, there is danger at every turn for Hotaka and his friends. As the town and its people struggle to rebuild their lives, can Hotaka help Omori-wan look to the future – and let go of his past?
#2 – Shaozhen (China) by Wai Chim:
Shaozhen has no intention of staying in his remote Henan village and becoming another poor farmer: he’ll finish school, and then, hopefully, work in a factory in one of the major cities, just like his father. But when Shaozhen returns home for the summer holidays, imagining days filled with nothing but playing basketball with his friends, he’s in for a shock. The worst drought in over sixty years threatens the crops that the entire village relies on for income. As the water situation becomes dire, Shaozhen realises he must come up with a plan. But will it be enough to save his family and friends and secure the future of his village?
#3 – Lyla (New Zealand) by Fleur Beale:
Lyla has just started her second year of high school when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Christchurch to pieces. Devastation is everywhere. While her police officer mother and trauma nurse father respond to the disaster, Lyla puts on a brave face, opening their home to neighbours and leading the community clean-up. But soon she discovers that it’s not only familiar buildings and landscapes that have vanished – it’s friends and acquaintances too. As the earth keeps shaking day after day, can Lyla find a way to cope with her new reality?
#4 – Angel (Philippines) by Zoe Daniel:
Angel’s family has seen many typhoons. For generations they’ve passed across the central Philippines around November, bringing with them drenching rains and strong winds. Lately they seem to be stronger, more destructive, but Angel and her family and their neighbours know how to batten down for big storms. It’s part of their way of life. But when the biggest typhoon of all comes to Tacloban, Angel faces the biggest challenge of her life …
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