I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 – #8

One boy struggles to survive during the heart-stopping events of the 2011 tsunami in Japan.

Eleven-year-old Japanese-American Owen has been in Japan for his sixth grade year. By March he finally feels like he’s getting the hang of the new culture, making friends at school and feeling at home with the “weird” food. But early one morning, everything changes — and Owen suddenly finds himself just trying to survive one of history’s most devastating disasters.

About the Contributor

LAUREN TARSHIS is the editor of Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine and group editorial director for language arts for Scholastic classroom magazines, in addition to being the author of the I Survived series and the critically acclaimed novels Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. She lives in Westport, Connecticut.