02137cam a2200325 i 4500 2201322565 TxAuBib 20250508120000.0 231116s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023030580 9781250881656 hardcover $18.99 125088165X hardcover $18.99 TxAuBib rda Barone, Rebecca E. F., author. Mountain of Fire : The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens. First edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. 192 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Mountain of Fire is the narrative nonfiction story 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 previou eruptions: violent fire, treacherous floods, and heat that had scoured the area. But the shaking and swelling was unlike any volcano 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?"-- Provided by publisher. Ages 10-14 Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. Grades 7-9 Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. 20250508. Volcanoes Washington (State) Juvenile literature. Saint Helens, Mount (Wash) Eruption, 1980 Juvenile literature. TXMLR