A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out
Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura
This nonfiction book links two events from 1815 and 1816: the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora and Mary Shelley’s creation of Frankenstein. One of history’s largest volcanic eruptions altered climate and weather for years. People in Indonesia knew what had happened, but the climate disruptions spreading around the world were widely misunderstood. The book chronicles the eruption’s physical, social, and geographic effects, including famine and poverty in Europe, along with ash-filled skies and persistent rain. It also explores the setting in which Shelley wrote Frankenstein.
This book appears on 4 reading lists across 1 edition from 4 organizations.
