I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980
- Published
- 30 August 2016
- Pages
- 112
- ISBN-13
- 9780545658539
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 112 pages, I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (2016) is book 14 of I Survived, part of Lauren Tarshis's run of historical-disaster novels for upper-elementary readers -- intense without being gratuitous, and honest about danger without tipping into anything traumatic for its audience.
Key facts about I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980
Lauren Tarshis wrote I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980, a novel on our list. It has been out since 30 August 2016. The book has 112 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780545658539 to find the main one.
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 is book 14 of 25 in the I Survived series. The series has 25 published books. However, the series starts with I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (2010). I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 7 October 2025.
Additionally, Lauren Tarshis writes Emma-Jean Lazarus and I Survived True Stories as separate series. Those series sit on our middle grade, historical fiction and children's nonfiction shelves. Meanwhile, I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 is the latest published Lauren Tarshis book on file, from 7 October 2025.
About Lauren Tarshis
Lauren Tarshis is an American children's author and editor best known for the I Survived series, a long-running line of illustrated historical-fiction chapter books that place a young protagonist inside a real historical disaster or crisis — the sinking of the Titanic, the Hindenburg explosion, Hurricane Katrina, the September 11 attacks, the Battle of Gettysburg, and dozens of others — and follow their survival through carefully researched, age-appropriate detail. See every Lauren Tarshis book in order.
Its place in I Survived
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 is book 14 in the I Survived series. It follows I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937. It is followed by I Survived the American Revolution, 1776. See the full I Survived reading order.
Each I Survived novel drops a young narrator into the middle of a real historical disaster -- the sinking of the Titanic, the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hurricane Katrina, the September 11th attacks, the Black Death -- and follows their fight to get out alive. Lauren Tarshis grounds every book in careful historical research (each includes a nonfiction author's note explaining what's true and pointing readers toward further reading), but the storytelling itself is pure survival-adventure momentum: a kid protagonist…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780545658539
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781536681550