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Eruption! : volcanoes and the science of saving lives Cover Image Book

Eruption! : volcanoes and the science of saving lives / text by Elizabeth Rusch ; photographs by Tom Uhlman.

Volcanoes and the science of saving lives (other title)
Rusch, Elizabeth. (Author). Uhlman, Tom, (photographer.). Uhlman, Tom, (illustrator.).

Summary:

An account of the work of volcanologists Andy Lockhart, John Pallister, and their team describes their life-risking efforts to investigate dangerous volcanoes that pose threats to more than one billion people worldwide.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780547503509
  • ISBN: 0547503504
  • Physical Description: 76 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 75) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Sleeping giant -- Never again -- Mount Pinatubo -- To evacuate or not to evacuate? -- Volcano training camp -- How do you watch a volcano you can't see? -- Mount Merapi's next move -- The mystery of the missing ash -- What happened here? -- Living and working in the shadow of a volcano -- Volcanic vocabulary.
Target Audience Note:
1000L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.9 3 158671.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection

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Marion Library JUV 363.34 RUS (Text) 37810435139471 Juvenile Nonfiction Checked out 08/24/2026

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