[PW] Children's book, Volcano, Japanese Soldier

[Hilary Caws-Elwitt]

Steve, your book sounds like _Dolphin Island_ by Clarke, which does include a 
storm about to swamp the island as well as the remains of a long-dead Japanese 
soldier who didn't know the war was over (it's set in the future, presumably 
early 21st century, when transcontinental hovercraft is a primary mode of 
transportation). Those are both small incidents--the plot focus is communication 
with dolphins. No volcanoes or lava...
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Newton Steve (DOS) wrote:
> Well, the Danny Dunn books were just about my first chapter books.  I
> think that I have read them all and this plot does not sound familiar.
> 
> I do vaguely recall a story set on Ceylon or nearby, I think, before we
> started to call it Sri Lanka.  I don't recall a volcano but there was a
> storm that was going to swamp the island.  Perhaps by Arthur C. Clarke.
> I can't remember enough of the plot to say if there was a Japanese
> soldier.
> 
> Probably not what you want but I thought that I'd put this into the mix.
> 
> Steve Newton
> Delaware Division of Libraries
> 
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> Subject: [PW] Children's book, Volcano, Japanese Soldier
> 
> 
> 	As I do periodically, I'm reposting this request hoping to find
> a 
> book I read when I was much younger -- I think in the early 1970s. 
> What I remember of the book, which may be slightly scrambled, is as 
> follows:
> 
> 	1) Takes place on a tropical island, like Hawaii; may or may not
> have 
> actually BEEN Hawaii.
> 
> 	2) Protagonists are teenagers; I think two boys and two girls, 
> althought it COULD be two boys and one girl.
> 
> 	3) The protagonists, either lost or exploring in the jungle, 
> encounter a Japanese soldier, very old, who's still fighting WWII. 
> They are captured by him, partly I think because one of the girls is 
> injured and unable to run.
> 
> 	4) Eventually they make their escape from the soldier, in a jeep
> or 
> jeep-like vehicle.
> 
> 	5) The climax of the story comes as they are escaping by driving
> down 
> an old lava tube, and the island's volcano has just reawakened. They 
> have to out-drive the lava down the tube (Hawaiian and similar lavas 
> can flow VERY fast) and get out JUST before the lava catches them.
> 
> 
> 	This was, I think, during the era I was reading a lot of Danny
> Dunn 
> books, but I don't *THINK* it was one of those.
> 
> 	Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
> 
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