Eruption (Storm Runners Series #3)

by Roland Smith

Overview

The explosive conclusion to Roland Smith's fast-paced action series!

Chase Masters and his friends have made it through the longest night of their lives, but their adventures are far from over. Now they're headed south of the border to track down the missing Rossi Brothers' Circus. With a volcano about to erupt after a massive earthquake, Chase has never faced such a serious threat to his survival!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545081764
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Series:	Storm Runners Series , #3
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Roland Smith first worked with animals at the Portland Zoo, and he has been involved in animal rescues and conservation work around the world for more than twenty years. He is the author of numerous books for young readers, including JACK'S RUN, ZACH'S LIE, CRYPTID HUNTERS, PEAK, TENTACLES, and the Storm Runners series. He is also the co-author of numerous picture books with his wife, Marie. Roland lives with Marie on a farm south of Portland, Oregon. You can find him online at www.rolandsmith.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Storm Runners series
“Certain to grab readers and leave them waiting to snatch up the next installment…” –BOOKLIST

“This slice of natural disaster…offers nary a dull moment. A high-velocity page-turner…” –KIRKUS REVIEWS

From the Publisher

As if surviving the storm of the century, Hurricane Emily, isn't enough, catastrophe experts, Chase Masters and his father, must deal with an impending volcanic eruption after an earthquake on their trip to Mexico to find the missing Rossi Brothers Circus. The scenes quickly shift from the hurricane ravaged Florida winter quarters of the circus to the ready-to-erupt active Mexican volcano, Popocatepetl. Although the Masters find the circus, the lions have escaped their cages, the flood waters are rising, and a leopard prowls unattended. Some villagers have died and others were injured during the catastrophe. Chase and his father sort through the disaster consequences, and call in a SEAL airlift for aid. The chapters are designated in time intervals which gives a sense of immediacy to the fast-paced action of the story. This novel is the conclusion of the "Storm Runners Series" which also includes Storm Runners and The Surge. Reviewer: Annie Laura Smith

Children's Literature - Annie Laura Smith

The third and concluding volume in Smith's breakneck Storm Runners trilogy shifts the scene from a circus' devastated winter quarters in hurricane-wracked Florida to the ominously active Mexican volcano Popocatepetl. As in the previous episode, Surge (2011), the action picks up with minimal recapping. Hardly has Hurricane Emily blown through than worrisome news that all contact has been lost with the Rossi Brothers' Circus, on tour near Mexico City, in the wake of a major earthquake. This sends a crew headed by catastrophe experts Chase and his father John to the rescue. Smith immediately scatters his party over Popocatepetl's shaking, landslide ridden slopes amid clouds of ash to discover human corpses, dead elephants and big cats, desperados, trapped refugees, dozens of badly injured villagers and (just to crank the suspense up another notch) an escaped tiger. Though the SEAL airlift that John eventually calls up to get everyone out of their various pickles is unalloyed deus-ex-machina (and can you say "international incident?"), at least it provides a tidy getaway to go with the resolution of several personal side plots. A wild, roller coaster ride despite the credibility-stretching ending. (Adventure. 11-13)

Kirkus Reviews