SOOMOON, Boy of Bali

This is slow in getting under way, but once started, it carries on with plenty of incident and an incidental picture of customs and life of Bali. The story of a boy who can no longer live with his stepmother, and who sets out for a distant village to live with an unknown uncle. The moral issues may cause some eyebrows to raise -- but as told they seem a part of the native psychology. The preparations for the trip, the adventures of the trip itself, particularly the cock fight, and the surprise ending make it a thoroughly readable story.