On the Volcano by James Nelson

Post date: Mar 31, 2016 2:46:31 PM

Katie and her father live in the woods on the rim of a dormant volcano. She has never met anyone her age. Katie's mother died when she was very young and few people know that they live on the volcano. They live off the land. Katie's father rarely travels to the local town to purchase supplies with the gold they have hidden in the woods. Katie's father has never let her go with him to the wild and lawless town of Badwater. She asks her father to take her for her 16th birthday gift and he grudgingly agrees. He makes her pretend she is a boy and tells her not to talk or interact with anyone. While Katie's father is inside the General Store Katie gets into a fight with a young man and the incident will bring the townspeople closer to Katie and her father's home.