Together, they fight to achieve a nearly impossible goal: surviving the supervolcano.With nonstop action, a little romance, and realistic science, debut author Mike Mullin tells a mesmerizing story. When an escaped convict injures Alex, he searches for a sheltered place where he can wait-to heal or to die. The disaster brings out the best and worst in people desperate for food, clean water, and shelter. He begins a harrowing trek in search of his parents and sister, who were visiting relatives 140 miles away.Along the way, Alex struggles through a landscape transformed by more than a foot of ash. His town collapses into a nightmare of darkness, ash, and violence, forcing him to flee. Fifteen-year-old Alex is home alone when the supervolcano erupts. It has erupted three times in the last 2.1 million years, and it will erupt again, changing the Earth forever. Many visitors to Yellowstone National Park don't realize that the boiling hot springs and spraying geysers are caused by an underlying supervolcano.
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