Eight boys, two leaders and a driver head out to camp on an old lava flow on the big island of Hawaii. The boys struggle among themselves to see who is the leader and to get along with each other. Then, the night comes when the entire Earth explodes beneath them and new respect and new bonds are forged as all need each other and their own internal resources as never before. Based on a true story of a natural disaster in 1975. Ages 9-14 200 pages