Eleven-year-old Japanese-American Owen has been in Japan for his sixth-grade year. By March, he finally feels like hes getting the hang of the new culture. But early one morning, everything changesNand Owen suddenly finds himself just trying to survive one of historys most devastating disasters. nThe disaster felt around the world . . . nn Visiting his dads hometown in Japan four months after his fathers death would be hard enough for Ben. But one morning the pain turns to fear: first, a massive earthquake rocks the quiet coastal village, nearly toppling his uncles house. Then the ocean waters rise and Ben and his family are swept away-and pulled apart-by a terrible tsunami.Now Ben is alone, stranded in a strange country a million miles from home. Can he fight hard enough to survive one of the most epic disasters of all time?