Author: Don Wood
Illustrator: Don Wood
Readability Scores: Interest Level=3-5, Grade Level Equivalent=2.6, Lexile=240L
Genre: Adventure fiction
Subgenre: Graphic novel, fantasy
Theme: Courage, siblings, growing up
Primary and Secondary Characters: Primary=Sumo and Duffy, Secondary=Mister Come-And-Go, Auntie, Paulina
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Date of Publication: 2008
Publishing Company: Blue Sky Press
ISBN Number: 9780439726740
Summary: Sumo and Duffy are two very different brothers. Duffy is adventurous and Sumo is not. They are sent to a remote island nation to stay with an aunt they have never met while their father is away on business and their mother is working on research. She studies volcanoes. Once they get to the island, they begin to think that something unusual is going on. They are not allowed to call their dad, and they learn that they are leaving on an expedition into an erupting volcano. Once inside the volcano, Duffy and Sumo make a run for it and find themselves alone and injured inside an erupting volcano. They find their mother also in the volcano, and she explains that she has been looking for a treasure produced by the lava of the volcano. Together they make it out of the volcano, and they boys learn that their aunt was only trying to help their mother.
Applications for Teaching: This is a graphic novel so it may appeal to students who do not enjoy reading regular print texts. The illustrations make the story come alive. This is a very adventurous novel that will engage readers. There are several scientific terms related to volcanoes used within the text. This could be an easy read to accompany a science unit on volcanoes.
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