# A World Without Summer

**Author:** Nicholas Day
**Grade range:** Grades 4–10
**First published:** 2025
**Page count:** 305
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9780593643877`
**ISBN-10:** `0593643879`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-world-without-summer-a-volcano-erupts-a-creature-awakens-and-the-sun-goes-out
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

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

## Where this book is assigned

### Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

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