Book
A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out
by Nicholas Day
- Published
- 2025
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Pages
- 304
- Words
- 34098
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/223854725-a-world-without-summer
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 6.3
- AR interest level
- MG+ — upper middle grades, 6–8
- Lexile
- 780L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 8–17
Nicholas Day traces the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora and the global climate disaster that followed, connecting crop failures, social upheaval, scientific questions, and the stormy summer that helped inspire Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780593643877
- ISBN-10
- 0593643879
Tags
AgricultureALSC NotablesClimateDisasters-Misc./OtherHistory-World HistoryNatural Environments-VolcanoesNonfiction