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WORLD ENGLISH: HarperCollins
CROATIA: Planetopia
ESTONIA: Rahva Raamat
FINLAND: Gummerus
FRANCE: Editions Leduc.s
Original title: Khao Lakin sydämet
Author: Marja-Leena Tiainen
Illustrator: Marja-Leena Tiainen
Published: 2013
Publisher: Tammi
Class/genre: Young Adults
Pages: 237
The YA novel tells the survival story of 15-year-old Emma who has lost her family and gotten severely injured in the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Emma now revisits Thailand with her grandparents to find the local man who rescued her from the water masses. Entwining memories and events of the past and present get even more touching when Emma meets Lukas, a Swede who is a tsunami survivor himself. They immediately feel connected, grief relieves its grip, and soon there’s romance in the air…
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