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Volcano Adventure

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Volcano Adventure

Contributors:

By (Author) Willard Price

ISBN:

9781782950219

Publisher:

Penguin Random House Children's UK

Imprint:

Red Fox

Publication Date:

2nd September 2013

UK Publication Date:

4th July 2013

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

813.52

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

256

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm

Weight:

180g

Description

A reissue of Willard Price's classic adventure series set in the animal kingdom 'Fountains of fire, explosions . . . it's hell let loose.' Hal and Roger Hunt embark on an earth-shattering expedition when they join forces with world-famous volcanologist Dr Dan Adams. And as their ground-breaking research of the volatile Pacific volcanoes hots up, the brothers' mission erupts into an awesome adventure . . .

Reviews

These are the books that got me reading -- Anthony Horowitz
Price knew all the right buttons to press to excite a young reader - exotic locations, nasty villains, wild animals and lashings of peril -- David Barnett * Guardian *
Willard Price makes the pulse-rate soar * Independent *

Author Bio

Willard Price was born in 1887 in Peterborough, Ontario. He held a special interest for natural history, ethnology and exploration and made numerous expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History and the National Geographic Society. He went on to edit various magazines on travel and world affairs and spent six years working in Japan as foreign correspondent for New York and London newspapers. He wrote fourteen adventure stories featuring Hal and Roger Hunt and travelled in seventy-seven countries before his death in 1983.

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