The tears of the salamander

By Peter Dickinson

Subjects: Salamanders, Uncles, Singing, Fire, Magic, Fiction, Orphans, Juvenile fiction, History, Choirboys

Description: Mount Etna towers above the remote villa where Alfredo lives with his uncle after a fire wipes out his family. Deep within Etna swim the magical salamanders, and he must use his strange powers to protect them, destroy his uncle and control the explosive rage of the volcano.