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The sea has taken everything. Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle Daphne...a girl from the other side of the globe — is the sole survivor of a ship destroyed by the same wave. Together the two confront the aftermath of catastrophe. Drawn by the smoke of Mau and Daphne's sheltering fire, other refugees slowly arrive: children without parents, mothers without babies, husbands without wives — all of them hungry and all of them frightened. As Mau and Daphne struggle to keep the small…

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Editions

31 editions · 5 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2012
    Corgi · 9780552162371
  • Paperback · English · 2009
    Corgi · 300 pages · 9780552557801
  • Audiobook · English · 2009
    Harpercollins Childrens · 9781615455768
  • Paperback · English · 2009
    Harper · 384 pages · 9780061433030
  • Paperback · English · 2009
    Corgi Books · 404 pages · 9780552557795
  • Paperback · English · 2008
    Doubleday · 304 pages · 9780385613712
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