Ting and the Deadly Waters: A 1931 Yangtze River Flood Graphic Novel

by Ailynn Collins, Francesca Ficorilli (Illustrator)

Overview

After a summer of nine typhoons in 1931, the dams on the Yangtze River in China broke, completely flooding nearby towns and farms. Twelve-year-old Ting wakes up to a house full of water and her parents nowhere to be found. It's up to her to lead her younger brother and others to safety, battling high waters and greedy characters along the way. Will the children survive to be reunited with their parents? Part of the Girls Survive Graphic Novels series, Ting and the Deadly Waters brings a defining historical event to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781669013105
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2023
Series:	Girls Survive Graphic Novels
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	1,100,511
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	GN490L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ailynn Collins learned a lot about writing from her teachers at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. She has always loved reading science fiction stories about other worlds and strange aliens. She enjoys creating new characters and worlds for her stories, as well as envisioning what the future might look like. When not writing, Collins enjoys spending her spare time reading and playing board games with her family. She lives near Seattle, Washington, with her husband and loveable dogs.

Francesca Ficorilli was born and lives in Rome, Italy. Francesca knew that she wanted to be an artist since she was a child. She was encouraged by ther love for animation and her mother's passion for fine arts, which she passed down to Francesca. After earning a degree in animation, she started workign as a freelance animator and illustrator. She finds inspirations for her illustrations in every corner of the world.

Interviews

With more than 200,000 copies sold, the Girls Survive series makes history personal by allowing readers to experience survival through a fictional character;