Saving Earth: Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future
Description
A timely and inspiring nonfiction guide for middle grade readers about the history of our fight against climate change, and how young people today are rising to action.
Inspired by Nathaniel Rich's Losing Earth: A Recent History, the acclaimed book that grew out of an August 2018 issue of the New York Times Magazine solely dedicated to it, Saving Earth tells the human story of the climate change conversation from the recent past into the present day. It wrestles with the long shadow of our failures, what might be ahead for today's generation, and crucial questions of how we understand the world we live in--and how we can work together to change the outlook for the better. Written by acclaimed author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and enlivened with illustrations from Tim Foley, and filled with the voices of climate activists from the past and present, this book is both a call to action and a riveting dramatic history. A Junior Library Guild SelectionProduct Details
Price
$21.99
$20.45
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Publish Date
April 05, 2022
Pages
240
Dimensions
6.3 X 9.37 X 0.96 inches | 0.92 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780374313050
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About the Author
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is the author of Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow (Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan). She is also the editor of the We Need Diverse Books anthology The Hero Next Door. She lives in New York City with her family.
Tim Foley has illustrated many books, including Ben Thompson and Erik Slader's Epic Fails history series. Tim lives and works in Grand Rapids with his wife, Terri.
Reviews
"A caustic indictment of this country's foot-dragging response to the threat of climate disaster, paired with a rising international chorus of younger voices raised in protest . . . In language as acerbic as the famously take-no-prisoners activist Greta Thunberg's, Rhuday-Perkovich draws from Nathaniel Rich's terrifying Losing Earth (2019). . . Readers will be jolted out of any sense of complacency" --Kirkus Reviews