Sonja Field

Eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe has spent her entire life in the shadow of Mount St. Helens. To her, the beautiful mountain is a peaceful playground where she hikes winding trails, swims in cold lakes, and fishes for trout. Even though she knows it is technically a volcano, it has always felt like a silent, calming guardian watching over her town. She never imagined it could be the active, dangerous kind. But everything changes in an instant. Without warning, Mount St. Helens explodes with the unimaginable power of ten million tons of dynamite. Suddenly, the sky goes dark, and the air is filled with spewing ash, flying rock, and deadly heat. Thrust into the middle of the most destructive volcanic event in United States history, Jessie must fight to stay alive. With the landscape she loves turning into a terrifying disaster zone, she has to think fast and find a way out. Will she be able to outrun the fury of the mountain and survive the eruption?