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

[Hilary Caws-Elwitt]

Sorry--for the sake of the archives I need to correct my erroneous 
description of _Dolphin Island_ after re-reading it. No Japanese 
soldier, instead relics of a woman who fled the island in a metal tub 
after an attack, in the 1880s. Clarke based it on the real story of Mary 
Watson:
http://nationaltreasures.nla.gov.au/%3E/Treasures/item/nla.int-ex7-s6

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Hilary Caws-Elwitt wrote:
> 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...
> --
> Hilary Caws-Elwitt, Systems & Public Services Librarian
> Community Information Network Administrator/Programmer
> Susquehanna County Library, 2 Monument Sq, Montrose PA 18801
> Phone 570-278-1881 -- Fax 570-278-9336
> info at susqcolibrary.org -- http://www.susqcolibrary.org
> info at susquehannaCIN.net -- http://www.susquehannaCIN.net
>
> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Of Sea Wasp
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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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