hilo

In 1960, twelve-year-old Peggy Sue and her family move to the island of Oahu, and she is finding it anything but paradise, because from the first day at school she is bullied and made fun of by the Hawaiian children, and she is worried sick about her beloved cat who is in mandatory quarantine--and then the tsunami hits Hilo where her parents have gone on business.

Presents information on a tsunami that hit Hilo, Hawaii in 1946, and includes information on how tsunamis occur, what the devastating effects can be, where the danger zones are, and how they can be predicted. Includes glossary.