Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens

Contributor(s): Lauber, Patricia (Author)

ISBN: 9780689716799

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Binding Types:

Paperback

$9.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$22.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$21.74 (100+ copies: $20.99)

List/retail price:

$9.99

Pub Date: March 31, 1993

Dewey: 551.21097978

LCCN: 92023791

Lexile Code: 0830

Features: Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 07 to 10

Physical Info: 0.24" H x 10.46" L x 9.20" W ( 0.70 lbs) 64 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Fiction | Technology | General

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000006745 ( Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens)

Reading level: 5.20

Interest level: MG

Point value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "This is a spectacular book; Lauber's narrative describing the eruption, aftermath, and gradual return of life to the Mount St. Helens slopes devastated by the 1980 eruption is anchored with stellar color photographs that show each phase of the destruction and the healing. . . . This is a substantive explanation set off by superb book design".--Booklist, starred review. A Newbery Honor Book. 80 full-color photos.

Brief description: Patricia Lauber is the author of the Around-the-House series and more than 125 other books for young people. Her Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of St. Helens was a Newbery Honor Book. She lives with her husband and two cats, Beemer and MeToo, in New Canaan, Connecticut.

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