Cory loves the mountain - he and his dad call it the 'sleeper'. Corey's dad works for Doc and spends a lot of time on the mountain and they feel the first trembles together. Down in the town no one wants to think about an eruption - until it's almost too late. Is this the big one?

 

There are 132 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Penguin Group (NZ) .

David Hill, born in 1942, is a versatile journalist, reviewer, fiction writer, playwright and children's writer. Born and educated in Napier and a graduate of Victoria University, he spent 14 years secondary school teaching before writing full-time. He has contributed stories, articles, reviews and plays to newspapers, radio and most New Zealand journals, including Landfall, NZ Listener and School Journal, as well as overseas. He has written many books and in 2002 his novel See Ya Simon won the Children's Literature Association Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book.