"What grownups don't know can't hurt them" is the philosophy of Claire Mannering, the leader of a group of ten-year-old children in 'Cardigan' a little rural town in the rich dairying province of Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand. The town is overshadowed by a large, dormant volcano which affects the weather quite considerably. It rains a lot in Cardigan. 'Cardigan' is a story set in 1952 involving the 'Mannering Gang' just seven years after...