In 1883 thirteen-year-old Katrien Courtlandt is more interested in science and exploring the Javanese jungle for beetles with her native friend, than in becoming a young lady like her despised cousin Brigitta–but when Krakatoa erupts, the tsunami hits, and their families are swept away the two cousins must struggle to survive together.
- ISBN: 9780823434411
- Author: Joiner, Sara K.
- Published: 2015 , Holiday House
- Themes: Family, survivals, volcano
- Descriptors: Fiction, Indonesia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 288