Lyla: Through My Eyes – Natural Disaster Zones

Lyla has just started her second year of high school when a magnitude six point three earthquake shakes Christchurch to pieces. Devastation is everywhere. While her police officer mother and trauma nurse father respond to the disaster, Lyla puts on a brave face, opening their home to neighbours and leading the community clean-up. But soon she discovers that it’s not only familiar buildings and landscapes that have vanished – it’s friends and acquaintances too. As the earth keeps shaking day after day, can Lyla find a way to cope with her new reality?

A gripping and personal story about one girl’s experience of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and its aftermath, written by Fleur Beale.

Part of the absorbing?Through My Eyes?series, which provides insight into the problems and difficulties experienced by children in disaster stricken areas, war zones and other terrifying places around the world.