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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the story of a Gambian woman who came up with a way to recycle the plastic bags that had littered the landscape in her nation, an act that saved the environment and transformed her community. Includes author's note, Wolof glossary and pronunciation guide, and timeline.
704) Dying oceans
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the ecological balance of life in the world's oceans and how it is endangered by ocean pollution.
707) Greenhouse summer
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
The world is full of pollution, overpopulation, and ecological disasters. But all is coming to a terrible end: a scientist has predicted Condition Venus, the sudden greenhouse downfall of the entire planet.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Ruth Keller is brash and precocious; she argues with her dentist, her parents, and her teachers. So, when she discovers a strange black slime in the man-made lake of her suburban neighborhood, she decides to investigate. Fortified by the encouragement of those around her, Ruth seeks the truth at all costs, even if it means taking on the rich local country club owner, who she believes is responsible for the pollution. Between the teasing of former...
713) World in the balance
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
In Japan, Europe and Russia, birth rates are shrinking and the population is aging. In parts of India and Africa, more than half of the still growing population is under 25. The world population is now careening in two dramatically different directions. China revs up examines China's booming economy and the impact its having on the environment.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 21
Formats
Description
Full Body Burden is a haunting work of narrative nonfiction about a young woman, Kristen Iversen, growing up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most contaminated site in America." It's the story of a childhood and adolescence in the shadow of the Cold War, in a landscape at once startlingly beautiful and--unknown to those who lived there--tainted with invisible yet deadly particles of...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
When Artemis Sparke has had it with humans, she heads to the nearby salt marsh to hang out with the birds, plants and mollusks who don’t make a big deal of her stutter. The shoreline sanctuary is predictable, unlike her family and friends, and the data in her science journal proves it. But one day that data goes haywire, and her bird friend RT confirms it: the salt marsh is dying. Artemis discovers that the historic hotel where she lives with her...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Little Mouse and her babies live in the hedgerow. But one day, something big, noisy, and smelly visits their world and leaves something behind. Sniff? Sniff? As Little Mouse investigates a tempting smell, she finds herself slipping . . . and sliding . . . and falling . . . and stuck! She is trapped in a plastic bottle that was discarded by people in a car. How will she ever escape and make it home to her hungry babies? This important story highlights...
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