After the ashes

Description:

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.

subjects: Families,  Volcanoes,  Cousins,  Survival,  Family life,  Fiction,  Eruption, 1883,  Dutch,  Tsunamis,  Survival skills,  Juvenile fiction,  History,  Children's fiction,  Survival, fiction,  Family, fiction,  Indonesia, fiction

Places: Krakatoa,  Indonesia,  Java,  Krakatoa (Indonesia),  Java (Indonesia)

Times: 19th century