{"product_id":"9780593643877","title":"A World Without Summer","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover how Mount Tambora's catastrophic eruption plunged the world into darkness, altering the global climate and inspiring the likes of Mary Shelley’s \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e. This remarkable story of disaster and survival is brought to life in a thrilling new illustrated nonfiction title from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mona Lisa Vanishes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe world was upside-down. The wind was fire. The sky was ash. The rain was rock. \u003c\/i\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: \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\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 of middle-grade nonfiction, Nicholas Day, author of the Sibert Award–winning \u003ci\u003eThe Mona Lisa Vanishes\u003c\/i\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.","brand":"Nicholas Day","offers":[{"title":"Random House Children's Books |  Hardback  |  2025-09-09","offer_id":46917446074623,"sku":"9780593643877","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_48dab293-9e6d-40ff-9589-01917e637cf7.jpg?v=1749047999","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780593643877","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}