Placed in the custody of his puritanical Uncle Frank, Alexander finds himself in volcano-circled Rabaul, where the dark powers of the volcano call to him as irresistibly as the dark eyes of Alice, his newfound love. Alexander records his experiences in a candid journal that surfaces many years after the volcano's fury has settled to ash. -- cover
Analysis
Australian fiction (Australia )
Notes
Half-title page: Volcano boy, a punuongo na kaia, an explosion of the spirit