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November 18th 1929 In her small village in Newfoundland Celia is setting the table for her 13th birthday celebration when the house starts to shake Its an earthquake rumbling under the Atlantic Ocean A few hours later the sea water disappears from the harbor only to rush back in a wave almost 30 feet high destroying nearly everything in its path Buildings boats and winter supplies of fish and food are washed away and Celia and her community are devastated With their only phone line cut off and no safe route to get help they are isolated and facing a long cold hungry winter