Peter Dickinson
Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE (born 1927) is an English author and poet who has written a wide variety of books, notably children's books and detective stories, over a long and distinguished career.
Noli and Suth, with their little band of siblings, have escaped from an erupting volcano. Their courage and intelligence keep them alive as they explore a great canyon, trap a man-eating lion, and rescue a tribue of people who are not Kin.