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• Better Than We Found It

  Conversations to Help Save the World

  Joseph, Frederick (Activist),

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  Drawing on interviews with prominent activists, authors, actors and politicians, this timely guide addresses some of the biggest issues of our day, from climate change to gun violence to transphobia, empowering readers to make the world a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fashionopolis

  the Secrets Behind the Clothes We Wear

  Thomas, Dana, 1964-

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  Shows readers how the process of making, buying, wearing and disposing of clothes has a huge impact on our environment, on the people who work in clothing factories and on our culture. (10 & up)

• The Climate Book

  Thunberg, Greta, 2003-

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  Gathering together the wisdom of over 100 experts, the world's leading climate activist arms us with the knowledge we need to combat climate disaster, showing there is hope.

• Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet

  Dee, Barbara,

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  Riddled with anxiety over the current climate crisis after discovering pollution in the river, seventh grader Haven Jacobs decides to expose Gemba, the new factory where her dad works, and must decide how far she's willing to go. (10 & up)

• Changing World

  Cold Data for a Warming Planet

  Gibson, David (Graphic designer),

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  Without sugar-coating or fear-mongering, this brightly illustrated book presents bold infographics about the realities of climate change in hard numbers, digestible data and vivid visualizations. (12 & up)

• The Story of More

  How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go From Here : Adapted for Young Adults

  Jahren, Hope,

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  This young adult adaptation of an acclaimed nonfiction work discusses climate change and helps readers understand the path needed for creating a more sustainable future. (12 & up)

• How to Change Everything

  the Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

  Klein, Naomi, 1970-

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  Linking many of the environmental disasters of today's world to the effects of climate change, an empowering collection of stories explains how today's young people can promote positive change. (10 & up)

• Turn the Tide

  Dimopoulos, Elaine,

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  When 12-year-old Mimi Laskaris moves to a small island in Florida with her family, she is immediately taken with the beach and shells, but she's dismayed by the litter washing up on the beach. Mimi becomes absorbed in organizing and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fighting in a World on Fire

  the Next Generation's Guide to Protecting the Climate and Saving Our Future

  Malm, Andreas, 1977-

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  An argument for bold action to stop climate change and a guide to successful activism, adapted for young people from climate expert Andreas Malm's best-selling book "How to Blow Up a Pipeline." (12 & up)

• Hothouse Earth

  the Climate Crisis and the Importance of Carbon Neutrality

  McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino,

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  The past, present, and future of Earth is a result of climate change. Climate change affects our everyday lives, and scientists and young people are looking into what we can do to fix it. (12 & up)

• The First Rule of Climate Club

  Firestone, Carrie,

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  When twelve-year-old Mary Kate joins a special science pilot program focused on climate change, she and her friends come up with big plans to bring lasting change to their community. (10 & up)

• The Most Important Comic Book on Earth

  Stories to Save the World

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  This is a global collaboration for change, bringing together a diverse team of leading environmentalists, artists, and more to present over 120 stories to save the world. (14 & up)

• No Planet B

  a Teen Vogue Guide to Climate Justice

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  This anthology collects thirty-one impassioned articles and interviews with young activists published in Teen Vogue, focusing on the movement of the new generation who is rising to meet the challenge of climate catastrophe. (13 & up)

• Nowhere Better Than Here

  Guillory, Sarah,

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  When her coastal Louisiana town of Boutin is hit by the worst flood in a century, 13-year-old Jillian Robichaux, determined not to lose the only home she's ever known, searches for a way to keep Boutin and its indomitable spirit alive. (8…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Earth

  People of Color Protecting Our Planet

  Rao, Anuradha S., 1975-

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  Presents the efforts of twenty environmental activists working to overcome the devastating effects of climate change around the world. (12 & up)

• The 21

  the True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government Over Climate Change

  Rusch, Elizabeth,

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  This is the gripping real-life account of the ongoing federal case in which 21 young people are suing the U.S. government for supporting the fossil-fuel industry that is actively contributing to climate change. (13 & up)

• The End of the Wild

  Helget, Nicole Lea, 1976-

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  Eleven-year-old Fern helps her poor family by hunting and foraging for food in the forest near her home and worries that fracking will damage their livelihood, but she cannot get her family and neighbors to understand the threat. (8 & up)

• This Book Will Save the Planet

  a Climate-justice Primer for Activists and Changemakers

  Sigwalt, Dany,

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  A vital and timely illustrated study of the climate crisis that tells readers exactly what they can do to help save the world. (8 & up)

• Saving Earth

  Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future

  Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola,

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  An illustrated nonfiction guide for middle grade readers about the history of our fight against climate change, and how young people today can rise to action. (10 & up)

• Hoot

  Hiaasen, Carl,

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  Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site. (10 & up)