Mountain of Fire
The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens
Henry Holt and Co. · Print & ebook · May 14, 2024
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- Who it’s for
- A vivid narrative nonfiction account of Mount St. Helens’ eruption and the people facing its danger.
- Themes
- Volcanic disaster, Survival, Emergency evacuation
- Genres
- Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Natural Disasters, 20th Century U.S.
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Mountain of Fire is the narrative nonfiction account of the violent volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, the story of the people who died, those who survived, and the heroes who fought to raise an alarm. For weeks, the ground around Mount St. Helens shuddered like a dynamite keg ready to explode. There were legends of previous eruptions: violent fire, treacherous floods, and heat that had scoured the area.
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But the shaking and swelling was unlike any volcanic activity ever seen before. Day and night, scientists tried to piece together the mountain’s clues—yet nothing could prepare them for the destruction to come. The long-dormant volcano seethed away, boiling rock far below the surface. Washington’s governor, Dixie Lee Ray, understood the despair that would follow from people being forced from their homes. How and when should she give orders to evacuate the area? And would that be enough to save the people from the eruption of Mount St. Helens? Includes a QR code for a website featuring eye-catching photos of the eruption.
When the Mountain Moves
A vivid narrative nonfiction account of Mount St. Helens’ eruption and the people facing its danger.
Come here for
- The tension of scientists reading a restless volcano’s clues
- A human view of the 1980 eruption and its aftermath
Expect
- A layered account of survivors, victims, and alarm-raisers
- Eruption photos available through a QR code
Where it sits
| 20th Century U.S. | 81% |
|---|---|
| Natural Disasters | 76% |
| Earthquakes & Volcanoes | 72% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Science & Tech Biographies for Kids
- Earthquakes & Volcanoes
- Natural Disasters
- Authors
- Rebecca E. F. Barone
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Published
- May 14, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Volcanic disaster · Survival · Emergency evacuation
- Reading lane
- Science & Tech Biographies for Kids