Mountain of fire

key selling points

• introduces readers to the history, science and mythology of the world's most famous volcanoes.
• mountain of fire won the bolognaragazzi nonfiction prize in 2022 in the original french language (as monstres sacrés) .
• there are more than 1,500 active volcanoes in the world today, including almost 200 in canada and the united states. some of these active volcanoes continue to be a threat, like eyjafjallajökull in iceland, which grounded 100,000 flights in 2010, and whakaari / white island in aotearoa, new zealand, whose eruption led to the loss of lives in 2019.
• julie roberge is a volcanologist who has been studying volcanoes around the world for over 25 years and clearly explains the stem themes behind how volcanoes work.
• includes a world map of volcanoes and a glossary of important terms.