Who is going to be right? The people who are celebrating on the beach or the ones who have decided to make the difficult hike inland? 151 pages Daren, true to his usual nature, makes fun of them.

Should they head down to the water to be away from fire possibilities or should they head uphill and inland to avoid a possible tsunami? Kyle and Beebee decide to run from a possible giant wave. Once clear of the hotel, the kids have a big decision to make. Kyle sees Daren is unconscious and carries him out saving his life. Stumbling over a body in the smoke-filled hallway, they realize it's none other than Daren Hazelwood, chief bully and major enemy of Kyle. Kyle leads his sister out and they find the hotel is on fire. But at least Kyle and his sister Bee Bee will be having pizza and milkshakes and watching a video while their parents head out for dinner aboard the Elegant Empress. The Frontier Lodge is still under construction and they're going to be staying at the Old Totem Pole Hotel across the street.

Only when they get to the hotel everything starts going downhill. They'll be staying in a luxury hotel and having the time of their lives. The perfect vacation has become a nightmare! Somehow Kyle and BeeBee have to outwit nature's fury and save themselves from tsunami terror.Thirteen-year-old Kyle Davidson's father is Salesman of the Year and the whole family gets to go on a dream vacation to the Oregon coast. The giant wave charges straight up the hillside and through the woods where the children are running for their lives. Kyle and BeeBee flee uphill as a tsunami crashes over the beach, the hotel, and the town. Giant tsunami waves - three or four stories high can ride in from the sea and engulf anyone who doesn't escape fast enough.

Then the earthquake comes - starting a fire in their hotel! As Kyle and BeeBee fight their way out through smoke and flame, Kyle remembers the sign at the beach that said after an earthquake everyone should go uphill and inland, as far from the ocean as possible. One evening Kyle is left in charge of his younger sister, BeeBee, while his parents attend an adults-only Salesman of the Year dinner on an elegant yacht. He'd never flown before, and he'd never seen the Pacific Ocean. Thirteen-year-old Kyle thought spending a vacation on the Oregon coast with his family would be great.

Escaping the big wave