Tsunami

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By (author): Ned Wenlock

Peter is a misfit, an awkward 12-year-old who’s mercilessly bullied in school and quietly ignored at home. Peter’s lonely life in small-town New Zealand is upended by the arrival of Charlie, a badass girl who might just be the friend Peter has been needing. But when Peter’s bull-headed commitment to the truth brings him into conflict with Gus, a troubled and violent classmate, things quickly spiral out of control and the two boys find themselves in a terrifying situation neither of them could have ever imagined.

Drawn in a charming and disarmingly cartoony style and full of pitch-perfect dialogue, Tsunami is a devastating and hilarious coming-of-age story, a nuanced examination of adolescent alienation and the unpredictable consequences of our actions.

Winner of NZ Book Award for Children and Young Adults – Best First Book

AUTHOR

Ned Wenlock

Ned Wenlock is an award-winning designer, animator, and comic creator based in Wellington, New Zealand. He was born in the UK and moved to New Zealand on his thirteenth birthday. His short films and videos have played in festivals around the world, and his comics have appeared in the respected anthologies Faction and Bristle, and he was a featured artist in From Earth’s End: The Best New Zealand Comics. Tsunami is his debut graphic novel.

Reviews

The adolescent world is presented as a brutal place where nuanced threats unable or unwilling to be perceived by the adults take on a lifeordeath magnitude to the intended targets
Ant SangAotearoa New Zealand Review of Books

A powerfully human comingofage story Highly recommended
Eddie MonotomeThe Sapling

An important book It is both brutal and beautiful
Simon SweetmanSounds Good