TRAGEDY ON EMERALD ISLAND
(Antigua, 1998)
The Soufriere Hills volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat had lain dormant for hundreds of years. Residents were terrified when the volcano started to shake and spit out fire and ash and rocks. They did not want to leave their homes but they were told that the volcano would destroy everything in its path. Jamie's family was torn apart. His parents decided to stay in Montserrat but to send the children, along with their grandmother, to live with an aunt on the neighbouring island of Antigua. Jamie was scared of the volcano but he was even more scared of traveling to a strange country without his mother. Just as Jamie was struggling to settle into his new life in Antigua, more trouble developed. Weathermen reported that the most powerful hurricane in recorded history was heading straight for Antigua. It seemed that he had jumped, "from the frying pan into the fire."
Price: EC$20.00 + postage from Antigua.
A NARROW ESCAPE
(Antigua, 2001)
Danny is my very best friend. When his father, Big John, came to Montserrat to visit, he insisted on going into the Unsafe Zone to see his old home. The police said that we could not go with him but then Big John came back out like a ghost was chasing him and he could not wait to get off the island. What had happened in the unsafe zone? I heard him relate his awful experiences but I wasn't scared. It just made me determined to go in and see for myself.
Price: EC$20.00 + postage from Antigua.
KIDNAPPED AT THE BEACH
(Antigua, 2001)
I had been badly burned and after months in hospital, I could not return to school by doctor's orders. During this time, there were certain mysterious incidents in our area. I was at the beach when a package fell into the sea from a small plane. Shortly afterwards, the car of my aunt's best friend was stolen and her baby was kidnaped. Then our neighbour's boat disappeared. The police did not have a clue but I figured out that it was a gang of drug dealers who were responsible for all of this. But then these criminals started closing in on me and I did not stand a chance. They captured me and threw me into a basement where my only cell mate was a rat. I had no hope of escape.
Price: EC$20.00 + postage from Antigua.