The Hill of Fire tells the story of a mexican farmer who is dissatisfied with his routine-based small town life. One day while plowing the farmer accidentally strikes an underground volcano that eventually errupts and consumes his entire village. All the villagers are forced to relocate and rebuild their town and way of life.
What makes this book worthwhile is that it shows that even though an easy life can get monotonous it is still much better than a tumultuous life. At the end of the story when the village children beg the farmer to unearth another mountain of fire he replies no, "one hill of fire is enough for me".
Another merit of this story is that it is based on a real event, the eruption of Paricutin volcano in the 1940's.
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