New York: Philomel Books, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Pico's father isn't like the other fathers on Easter Island. Instead of building boats or hunting octopus, he sculpts the giant stone figures that he believes, in times of trouble, will rise and walk. Impossible, thinks Pico, until the Great Wave crashes into the island." Illustrated in full color by William Low. Author's note. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-0399242632.

New York: Harper Collins / Katherine Tegen Books. (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A darkly humorous young adult novel set in Southern California. "A crew of popular kids, one outcast. What a disaster." SIGNED by the author on the half title page. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-0062393968.

New York: Harper Collins, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - An examination of the world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano - Krakatoa - which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Maps. Illustrated. Suggestions for further reading, index. xvi, 416 pp. ISBN: 0-066212855.