# Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens

**Author:** Rebecca E. Barone
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 146
**Genre:** Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781250881649`
**ISBN-10:** `1250881641`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/mountain-of-fire
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

The dramatic true story of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens — the scientists who warned of it, the people who lived through it, and the survivors. Rebecca E. Barone's narrative nonfiction reads like a thriller. Nominated for the 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award (grades 4-8), the statewide reading list Maine students read from and vote on.

## Themes

- science
- history
- survival
- nature

## Content notes

- disaster

## Where this book is assigned

### Maine Student Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)

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