Discusses the causes and effects of volcanoes and earthquakes, the different types of volcanoes, and how scientists predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
While their parents are away doing research, brothers Duffy and Sumo Pugg go with their cousin, Mister Come-and-Go, to Kokalaha Island, where they meet Aunt Lulu and become trapped in an erupting volcano.
Donna O'Meara shares photographs and stories from her exciting and sometimes dangerous work as a volcano researcher, and provides scientific information about volcanoes.