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1) Ashfall
Author
Series
Publisher
Tanglewood
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In the 1870s, sixteen-year-old Katie has grown up in a remote cabin on the edge of a volcano with her father and their friend Lorraine, the only people she has ever seen, but, after eagerly anticipating it for so long, her first trip into a town ultimately brings tragedy into their lives.
3) Ashen winter
Author
Series
Publisher
Tanglewood
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
More than six months after the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, Alex and Darla retrace their steps to Iowa hoping to find Alex's parents and bring them to the tenuous safety of Illinois, but the journey is ever more perilous as the remaining communities fight to the death for food and power.
4) Sunrise
Author
Series
Ashfall trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearly a year after the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, survival has become harder than ever and Alex and Darla must risk everything to try to create a community that can withstand the ongoing disaster.
Author
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A supervolcanic eruption in Yellowstone Park destroys crops and livestock, clogs machinery, and makes cities uninhabitable. Those who survive find themselves caught in an apocalyptic catastrophe in which humanity has no choice but to rise from the ashes and recreate the world.
Author
Series
Children of the Lamp volume 7
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
While volcanoes spew golden lava around the world, djinn twins John and Philippa, with their parents, Uncle Nimrod, and Groanin, face evil more powerful than ever before when they try to stop the wicked djinn trying to rob the grave of Genghis Khan.
15) Dinosaur rescue!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An island volcano threatens the dinosaurs of Jurassic World.
Author
Series
Dragon keepers volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Emmy the dragon is maturing and growing too large--and bored--for her quarters, but when she disappears her Keepers, cousins Jesse and Daisy, follow her trail to the Fiery Realm in hopes of bringing her home.
Author
Publisher
Roc Hardcover
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"An explosion of incalculable magnitude in Yellowstone Park propelled lava and ash across the landscape and into the atmosphere, forever altering the climate of the entire continent. Nothing grows from the tainted soil. Stalled and stilled machines function only as statuary. People have been scraping by on the excess food and goods produced before the eruption. But supplies are running low. Natural resources are dwindling. And former police officer...
Author
Publisher
Sylvan Dell Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When a volcano erupts, Gopher is among the few animals to survive but the tunnels that he digs once the earth stops shaking help the mountain recover by providing shade and soft soil for animals and plants to make a fresh start. Includes facts and activities.
Author
Series
Magic school bus volume 15
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Hi, I'm Dorothy Ann, one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. When we started learning about volcanoes, I thought we'd just be studying them in books -- but Ms. Frizzle had other ideas. She took us all the way to Hawaii, where we waded through lava and saw a real volcano blow its top. We had a great time -- even though the trip was sometimes almost too hot to handle! One thing's for sure: This was one explosive adventure that none of us will ever forget!...