Awards

• Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year

Overview

Explore inspiring stories of environmental activism, including an eleven-year-old who raised money to help clean up an oil spill, a poet who presented her concerns to the United Nations, and an artist who raised awareness through murals and street theater.

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9781467793926

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Reviews

A bright launching pad for tweens looking for social justice causes and accompanying role models. Titles open with an introduction to activism related to the topic and move on to profile a number of kids, teens, and adults who have created lasting change. Readers will meet young people like Joshua Wong, who at 15 organized a 120,000-person protest in response to the Chinese government's interference in Hong Kong's education system. Featuring a diverse mix of age ranges, nationalities, genders, and ethnicities of those profiled, this series is a winner for collections in need of quality, inspirational materials on contemporary activists. --School Library Journal --Journal

A bright launching pad for tweens looking for social justice causes and accompanying role models. . . . [T]his series is a winner for collections in need of quality, inspirational materials on contemporary activists. --School Library Journal -- (2/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)

""A bright launching pad for tweens looking for social justice causes and accompanying role models. . . . [T]his series is a winner for collections in need of quality, inspirational materials on contemporary activists.""—School Library Journal

Author Information

Eric Braun has written dozens of books for readers of all ages and edited hundreds more. He is a McKnight fellow and a nice fellow, and he likes to ride his bike really far and really fast. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons, some of whose antics have found their way into his books (unbeknownst to them).

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