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Jamie, a timid Virginia boy, and his three friends time travel seventy years into the future where they are horrified at a barren Earth devastated by climate change and dirty energy pollution. They return to the present and launch an international kids' crusade to save the planet from the same toxic gases threatening the life of Jamie's little sister. Insisting that the U. S. lead the world in changing the future, Jamie and his close pals team up with a maverick U.S. senator on a controversial environmental bill, fight the fossil fuel industry, and counter Washington backroom politics. But things are often not how they seem, and what the youths experience shocks them all. This magical realism, cli-fi tale tracks an improbable activist as he and his millions of global followers race against time to beat the forces starting to imperil the human race. This is also a story about the power of sibling love and the discovery of a power much greater than that.

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Readers' Favorite Five Star Reviews: Timely and driven by an urgent message, Tying the Leaves: A Novel by June Toher is a powerful narrative that will appeal to both young and adult readers; a science fiction story that combines time travel and environmental themes to castigate a political setting that is robbing the young of a future that belongs to them ... June Toher is a master storyteller and has a style that combines great plots with characters with depth... - Christian Sia ... The story is very inspiring and right from the beginning the reader will be captivated by the insightful writing and the depth of thought... Intelligently plotted and skillfully written. - Romuald Dzemo I became so fully immersed in this genuinely heartfelt book with its gems of wisdom, I was basically crying by the end of it. - Jessica Barbosa Tying the Leaves is a powerful journey of determination and heart. - K.C. Finn

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June Toher, a journalism graduate of Marquette University, started out as a newspaper reporter and magazine columnist, and later wrote and directed a local television news program. Throughout her career she won several mass communications awards. A native of Massachusetts, she now lives in Virginia. She is a member of the Natural Resources Defense Council. She has been impressed with the many youth organizations all over the world which have taken on the challenge to address the climate crisis. The child activists in her novel convey the real-life determination and passion of these young people. Some of her favorite book genres are climate fiction and magical realism, and stories about youth climate action, time travel, siblings, renewable energy and the Law of Attraction.

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