Warren Spaulding and Betsy Tyler are supposed to be working on a class project about Mount St. Helens. Instead Warren is busy testing his grandfather's latest invention -- the Instant Commuter. Suddenly, he is teleported back to the morning of the eruption and he has no way of getting back home!

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award. It was recognised by the Iowa Children's Choice Award. It also was recognised by the Sasquatch Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 136 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Simon & Schuster .

Peg Kehret was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Minnesota, spent fourteen years in California, and now lives with her husband in Washington State. They have two grown children, four grandchildren, one dog, and one cat. Peg's novels for children are regularly recommended by the American Library Association, the International Reading Association, and the Children's Book Council. She has won many state "young reader" or "children's choice" awards. Peg's characters are ordinary kids who find themselves in exciting situations and who use their wits to solve their problems. There is usually humor as well as suspense in her books. A long-time volunteer at The Humane Society, she often uses animals in her stories.