Elizabeth Rusch
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"America is the greatest democracy in the world...isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers ways for young people to fix them"--
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages : photographs ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jayden wakes up to a flooded bedroom. Drought is driving Jamie off her native land. Isaac, Sahara, Miriam, and Aji gasp for breath as wildfire smoke fills the air. Nathan worries about Alaska sinking as permafrost thaws all around him. Jacob and Alex watch drought destroy their families' farms. Avery's favorite swimming spots are drying up. And eight-year-old Levi's home will be swallowed by rising seas in his lifetime.
The U.S. government knew all...