The Secret Cave of Kamanawa. Illustrations by Ray Lanterman.

Berkey, Helen Lamar.

Published by Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (). First Edition., 1968

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Quarto, red illustrated cloth (hardcover), 100 pp. Illustrated. "Boy" McFarlane stood on the open lanai and observed the beach and the sky. Clouds bulging with rain hung low over the sea. The rain fell softly but steadily, dimpling the surface of the water, running in tiny rivulets down the long, sharp leaves of the pandanus, and bruising and crumpling the red and pink hibiscus blossoms that grew on the hedges bordering the lawn. Boy had gotten his nickname from a Japense maid who couldn't pronounce his real name, "Llewelyn. "What a day!" observed Boy disgustedly. "What a day! It looks as though it will rain forever." The tide was out and the reef lay exposed beneath a thin covering of water, but Boy was not tempted to hunt for coral in the little pools among the rocks, not today in the rain! He eyed the skiff, Hula Girl, rocking unconcernedly with the motion of the water. But he didn't want to fish in a wet boat, either. Boy looked down Kamanawa Beach for some sign of life. The brown soggy sand was deserted. There was not even a beach boy, or a meandering fisherman with his casting nets to be seen. Then a stray cat, with his tail high, scampered lightly across the lawn looking for shelter, flicking the drops of water from his feet as he ran. Boy's face brightened; why hadn't he thought of it before? This was a perfect day to visit the Cat Woman. Children's Literature, Juvenile Fiction, Adventure, Hawaii aslic.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret Cave of Kamanawa. Illustrations by Ray Lanterman.
• Publisher: Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (). First Edition.
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Hardcover