Beyond the Daintree - Anthony Buirchell W

This is the third book of the series Destiny in Disguise. The Johnson

family, after a decade, has fled the inhospitable environment of the

Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland, Australia. The tragic death

 of their eldest daughter, Madeline leaves the parents, Burton and

Marion believing bad luck has caught up with them.

The two boys Keith and Max are still at logger heads after their

experience with the crocodile in the billabong. Add the mystique

of physical and sexual maturity both of which excites and confuses

they are flung into the Second World War.

The celebrations at the end of the war creates an atmosphere of

freedom resulting in a young lady becoming pregnant and Max

being made to take the blame and then has to accept the

responsibility. He disappears and there are sightings and deaths but

no one knows who the real Max Johnson is.

In faraway Mildura, South Australia, a sixteen year old girl is

looking at a future that is indescribable until her mother finds

another man to spirit her to a destiny which might offer her

a maximum joyful life.