- Hardcover
- Publisher: John Day Company (1948)
- Language: English
- ASIN: B0007H0XTE
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
always remember,
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This review is from: Big Wave (Paperback)
I read this book a long time ago as a child at school. It's been long enough that I don't remember much except the basic plot but I still remember loving it. And the pictures were absolutely breath taking. This is a book that will stay with you forever.
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Excellent seller,
By william sears (beaconsfield, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Big Wave (Library Binding)
The seller's description of the book's condition was correct. In fact the book was in better condition than I expected. Fast delivery and an easy transaction.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reverent and lovely,
By sally mandy (Missoula, MT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Big Wave (Paperback)
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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