When civilization and nature collide, disaster strikes! Volcanic eruptions, floods, fires, and other calamities have devestated humanity for thousands of years, but civilization has advanced--not just in spite of these disasters, but often because of them.
Gale Eaton
A former children's librarian at the Boston Public Library and professor at the University of Rhode Island School of Library and information Studies Gale Eaton has spent a lifetime with books for children and young adults. She is author of Well-Dressed Role Models and The Education of Alice M. Jordan. She lives in Rhode Island.
Phillip Hoose
is the acclaimed author of the National Book Award winner Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. He is also the author of the multi-award winning title, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, the National Book Award Finalist We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History, and the Christopher Award-winning manual for youth activism It's Our World Too!.
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