{"product_id":"world-without-summer-a-volcano-erupts-a-creature-awakens-and-the-sun-goes-out","title":"World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe true story of how a massive catastrophic eruption plunged the world into darkness, altering the global climate and inspiring the likes of Mary Shelley’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—from the award-winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mona Lisa Vanishes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A tour-de-force for our times . . . At once a heart-stopping tale of climate change and a profoundly hopeful call to action.”—Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal winner for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe One and Only Ivan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe world was upside-down. The wind was fire. The sky was ash. The rain was rock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA couple of hundred years ago, on a quiet Indonesian island, a volcano called Tambora erupted with a force and violence that changed history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt tore apart the island, and in the months and years that followed, its fallout tore apart the world. The sun refused to shine; the rain refused to stop. Everything that everyone assumed would always be there—a world that made sense, a climate that made sense—was suddenly gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom this riot of thunder and lightning, a young woman named Mary Shelley conceived of a scientist and his cursed creature. From the nightmare of Tambora, she wrote a nightmare of a book: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—a terrifying reminder of how much damage we humans might do, without even realizing it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of a volcano that changed the world and a creature that changed us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce upon a time, everything was different. And no one knew if it would ever be the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this masterful work, Nicholas Day, author of the Sibert Award–winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mona Lisa Vanishes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, brings us a story taken from the archives but seemingly scripted for us today: a tale of climate change and human folly and hope—and what happens when the world suddenly goes wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e er-toggle=\"{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e ","brand":"Random House Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50254506492189,"sku":"9780593643877","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780593643877.jpg?v=1755031924","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/world-without-summer-a-volcano-erupts-a-creature-awakens-and-the-sun-goes-out","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}