Nicholas Day: A World Without Summer, Gebunden
A World Without Summer
- A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out
- Illustration:
- Yas Imamura
- Publisher:
- Random House Children's Books, 09/2025
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593643884
- Item number:
- 12172879
- Volume:
- 304 Pages
- Age recommendation:
- 10 - 14 Jahre
- Weight:
- 517 g
- Format:
- 229 x 152 mm
- Thickness:
- 19 mm
- Release date:
- 9.9.2025
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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| Buch, Gebunden, Englisch | EUR 19.43* |
Blurb
The 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 Frankenstein ---from the award-winning author of The Mona Lisa Vanishes and featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout.
"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 The One and Only Ivan A ROBERT F. SIBERT HONOR BOOK • A YALSA EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION FINALIST • A SCBWI GOLDEN KITE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Horn Book, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, The Boston Globe
The world was upside-down. The wind was fire. The sky was ash. The rain was rock.
A couple of hundred years ago, on a quiet Indonesian island, a volcano called Tambora erupted with a force and violence that changed history.
It 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.
From 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: Frankenstein ---a terrifying reminder of how much damage we humans might do, without even realizing it.
This is the story of a volcano that changed the world and a creature that changed us.
Once upon a time, everything was different. And no one knew if it would ever be the same.
In this masterful work, Nicholas Day, author of the Sibert Award--winning The Mona Lisa Vanishes, 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.
