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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Krakatoa Lighthouse
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'Kerta didn't want to go to Krakatoa.

'He knows that a dark spirit, Orang Aljeh, is there and he is terrified he might wake it. But Kerta is there on the volcano, and the Ghost of Krakatoa has woken up.

'A powerful story of survival and loss based on the real-life events of the Krakatoa eruption in 1883.' (Publisher's blurb)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Asian setting.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2009 .
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      Extent: 252p.
      Description: maps
      Note/s:
      • Published:02/03/2009
      ISBN: 9780143303596

Works about this Work

Helping Children Engage with Asia through Books Lynette Thomas , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Asian Currents , February no. 63 2010;

— Review of Seams of Gold Chris Cheng , 2007 single work children's fiction ; Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction ; The Most Beautiful Lantern Sally Heinrich , 2007 single work picture book ; Tomodachi : The Edge of the World Simon Higgins , 2007 single work novel ; Tales of the Otori Lian Hearn , 2002 series - author novel
[Review] Krakatoa Lighthouse Amanda Worlley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 12-13)

— Review of Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] Krakatoa Lighthouse John D. Adams , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 53 no. 2 2009; (p. 29)

— Review of Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] Krakatoa Lighthouse Allison Paterson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 24 no. 2 2009; (p. 34)

— Review of Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] Krakatoa Lighthouse Susan La Marca , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 17 no. 2 2009; (p. 39)

— Review of Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction
Themes Not Just for Teens Aleesah Darlison , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 May 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction ; How to Ditch Your Fairy Justine Larbalestier , 2009 single work novel
Bedtime Tale with a Goodnight Hiss Margaret Bromley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 May 2009; (p. 18)

— Review of Curly Saves Grandma's House Sally Morgan , Ambelin Kwaymullina , Blaze Kwaymullina , Ezekiel Kwaymullina , 2009 single work children's fiction ; The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived Anna Fienberg , 1993 single work picture book ; Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] Krakatoa Lighthouse Susan La Marca , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 17 no. 2 2009; (p. 39)

— Review of Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] Krakatoa Lighthouse Allison Paterson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 24 no. 2 2009; (p. 34)

— Review of Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] Krakatoa Lighthouse John D. Adams , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 53 no. 2 2009; (p. 29)

— Review of Krakatoa Lighthouse Allan Baillie , 2009 single work children's fiction
Last amended 15 Jul 2021 07:45:20
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  • Krakatoa,
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    Indonesia,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1883
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