A world without summer : a volcano erupts, a creature awakens, and the sun goes out / Nicholas Day ; with art by Yas Imamura.
"The world was upside-down. The wind was fire. The sky was ash. The rain was rock. A couple of hundred years ago, on a quiet Indonesian island, a volcano called Tambora erupted with a force and violence that changed history. It tore apart the island, and in the months and years that followed, its fallout tore apart the world. The sun refused to shine; the rain refused to stop. Everything that everyone assumed would always be there--a world that made sense, a climate that made sense--was suddenly gone. From this riot of thunder and lightning, a young woman named Mary Shelley conceived of a scientist and his cursed creature. From the nightmare of Tambora, she wrote a nightmare of a book: Frankenstein--a terrifying reminder of how much damage we humans might do, without even realizing it. This is the story of a volcano that changed the world and a creature that changed us. Once upon a time, everything was different. And no one knew if it would ever be the same. In this masterful work, Nicholas Day, author of the Sibert Award-winning The Mona Lisa Vanishes, brings us a story taken from the archives but seemingly scripted for us today: a tale of climate change and human folly and hope--and what happens when the world suddenly goes wrong." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593643877
- ISBN: 0593643879
- ISBN: 9780593643884
- ISBN: 0593643887
- Physical Description: 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, New York : Random House Studio, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index.
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 10-14 Random House Studio.
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