Volcano
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Volcano
By (Author) June Colbert
Hachette Australia
Lothian Children's Books
10th September 2007
Australia
Classifications
Young Adult
Fiction
A823
Physical Properties
Paperback
160
Width 136mm, Height 192mm, Spine 14mm
170g
Description
Sara is fifteen and secretly in love with Kel Pearson. Her dad is a Meatball. Kel s dad is a Meatball too. Meatballs like to jump into earthquakes and climb inside volcanoes to take their temperatures. When they clamber out, shoes burning and hair smoking, they pass their findings on to Coneheads. Coneheads analyse data and make recommendations to local governments. Together they make up an AusDAR team Disaster Assessment and Relief (Australian Division) experts in Disaster Casualty Minimisation. They ve just been asked to go to the exotic Andes to gauge the safety of the new gas and oil pipeline being dug through the base of a sleepy little extinct volcano called Mt Cumbal. They are all set for the adventure of a lifetime after all, the volcano is in no danger of erupting. But what about that murky, brown water coming out of the tap in Sara s caravan It s not supposed to smell like sulphur
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June Colbert came to Australia from the UK at the age of six. She obtained a BA and Dip. Ed. at Sydney University and became a secondary teacher of English, French and Music, before moving into the commercial sector. She has been purchasing supervisor, a foster carer, and a nanny. Her first short story was published in the NSW School Magazine in 2001 and her first novel was the very successful The King of Large. She is also the author of The Last Boy (Lothian Books, 2006). June lives in Berkeley Vale, New South Wales.
Author Bio
June Colbert came to Australia from the UK at the age of six. She obtained a BA and Dip. Ed. at Sydney University and became a secondary school teacher of English, French and Music. In addition to writing books, June also tutors in literacy and English, and has a passion for encouraging young people to discover enjoyment in reading. June's first story was published in the NSW School Magazine in 2001 and since then she has written THE KING OF LARGE, THE LAST BOY and WHAT WILLOW KNEW, all published by Lothian Children's Books.
