Summary
On the Big Island of Hawaii, Dylan’s Scout troop hikes down into the desolation of an ancient lava flow to camp on a small beach below the volcano. It’s beautiful. Peaceful. But there’s a problem: Louie Domingo. He and Dylan share a secret history, and it lies like a shark beneath the surface of everything they do. … until the world comes apart. Foreshadowed by two mysterious howling dogs, a disaster of unearthly proportions strikes. No one is spared its horror. But over the next hours Dylan learns the true meaning of leadership and the will to survive. Based on actual events.
People
- Author: Graham Salisbury
- Screenwriter: Cam Eason
Awards
- 2010-2011 Minnesota Youth Reading Awards nominee
- 2010 Utah Beehive Award Nominee
- 2010 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee
- 2010 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award Nominee
- 2010 Intermediate Sequoyah Masterlist (Oklahoma Library Association)
- 2009-2010 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee
- 2009-2010 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List
- 2009-2010 Volunteer State Book Award Nominee
- 2009-2010 Mark Twain Readers Award List
- 2009 Nevada Young Readers Award Nominee
- 2009 Nene Award Nominee (Hawaii State Children’s Choice Book Award)
- 2009 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee
- 2008 Texas Lone Star Readnig List
- 2008 Oregon Book Award Nominee
- 2008 New York Library Books for the Teen Age
- 2008 Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year
- 2007 New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- 2007 NAPPA Gold Award (National Parenting Publications Award)
- 2007 Junior Library Guild Premier Selection Award
- Texas Children’s Lamplighter Award Nominee
- An NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book
