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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. More
amazing still is that this story actually
happened.
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REVIEWS:
"Salisbury weaves Hawaiian legend into the modern day narrative to create a haunting, unusual novel that will practically book talk itself."
-- Booklist, starred
"Like any good survival story, this will make readers ponder what they would do when survival is on the line. A sure-fire literary thriller."
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Kirkus Reviews
"...Salisbury's tale of courage, strength, and survival
is appealing, exciting, and insightful."
-- School Library Journal (Joel Shoemaker,
Southeast Junior High School, Iowa City, IA)
"Readers expecting a typical camping trip story in award-winning writer Graham Salisbury's Night of the Howling Dogs will be both surprised and pleased with the new direction the author takes with this book. In his new novel, Salisbury masterfully combines the atmosphere of superstition and spooky stories around the fire at camp Halape, with Hawaiian tales and legends of the Big Island locale, and the almost spiritual setting (the mana of place so important in Hawaiian mythology) on the slope of an active volcano in a near "perfect storm" to build suspense and create a thriller based on a true story ... I will enthusiastically recommend this book to my 7th graders, especially those who enjoy adventure and suspense. I am very pleased Salisbury has ventured into a different genre now with Night of the Howling Dogs."
-- Amazon.com: by Jame Romjue, teacher, Iolani School, Honolulu
"On Nov. 29, 1975, six Boy Scouts and four adult leaders from Hilo's Troop 77 were camping at Halape on Kilauea volcano's south side. Just before dawn, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck, causing the Big Island's south coast to drop nearly 12 feet into the ocean. Then the tsunami hit, washing away the camp, the campers and everything else in its path. Miraculously, nearly everyone survived. Hawai'i-raised writer Graham Salisbury's cousin, Tim Twigg-Smith, was one of the Boy Scouts who nearly died that day. One of the adult leaders was, in fact, killed by a quake-generated rockslide."
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The Honolulu Advertiser - Review and interview with Graham.
Link to the
full article.
"Based on an actual event experienced by the author's cousin in 1975 (as described in a lengthy author's note), this survival adventure is dynamically integrated into one of those beautiful but potentially deadly Hawaiian settings for which Salisbury's stories are renowned." (4Q*4P*M*J)
-- VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
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