A review by optimaggie
The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck

4.0

My son read this aloud to me for school. I don't think I would have liked it as well had I read it on my own, for the best thing about it was the conversations that it facilitated. So much of this book is about grief and while my son expressed at one point that he hated that this book had to be sad, he is a child who has experienced grief and we could both see the wisdom with which Kino's family (his father in particular) provides the space for Jiya to grieve. This is a slim book, but there is a lot to talk about.