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Obe Devlin spends a lot of his time cleaning up the creek that runs through what little is left of his family's once extensive farmland, and worrying about what the developers are doing nearby, and the pollution it is causing--but one day he finds a strange creature by his creek that eats plastic, and soon the animal he calls Marvin Gardens becomes his personal secret, which he believes needs to be protected from pretty much everybody.
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Did you know that water covers almost three-fourths of Earth’s surface? More than half the world’s creatures live in this water. And the rest cannot survive without it! That’s why it is so important to protect this vital resource, which has been threatened by pollution and other human-made dangers.
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Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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vii, 359 pages ; 22 cm
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"The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi...Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali--and won.Their story strikes a chord for Mimi. She's twelve. Could a kid like her make such a big change in a place that she's not yet sure feels like home?"--
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Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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190 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Are you concerned about climate change? The bad news is, global warming is a real problem that won't go away on its own. But the good news is, there are lots of easy ways you can get involved and make a difference! From swapping your stuff to assigning your school some eco-homework, helping to save the planet is within your reach. Arm yourself with info about our changing world, become an eco-hero and take control of your future. It's time to do...
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Tinkerers volume 2
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When a factory upstream starts polluting the water, beavers Felix and Oscar, who do not agree on much, work with the Tinkerers to design a solution that will make them both happy.
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Stella Diaz volume 2
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Stella gets a big surprise when her mom plans a trip to visit their family in Mexico! Stella loves marine animals, and she can't wait to see the ocean for the first time . . . until she arrives and learns that the sea and its life forms are in danger due to pollution. Stella wants to save the ocean, but she knows she can't do it alone. It's going to take a lot of work and help from old and new friends to make a difference, but Stella Díaz never...
10) Global warning
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Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
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266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Five seventh-graders concerned about climate change work with a retired lawyer and an activist grandmother to build an international movement to amend the United States Constitution, protecting humanity's right to live on a planet free of pollution and warming.
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Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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264 pages ; 22 cm
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Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-olds JB Barnes and Sidney Miller meet aboard a scientific research ship after JB is tasked to invite a renowned scientist named Sidney Miller and mistakenly invites a girl with the same name who will do anything toget out of going to summer camp.
14) The leak
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First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
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231 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
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"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...
15) Plastic ocean: how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans
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Avery
Pub. Date
c2011
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x, 358 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu for California after competing in a trans-Pacific race. When he and his crew took a shortcut through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a vast oceanic "desert" where winds are slack, Moore realized his ship was skimming through a plastic soup. He had stumbled upon the largest garbage dump on the planet, soon to be dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--where plastic outweighs...
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"Eco-friendly living made simple. As a lifestyle guide and an introduction to sustainable living, Sustainable Badass shows you why and how to minimize your consumption while effortlessly making your habits greener. Each page has practical tips, tools and important facts about plastic pollution, overconsumption, and the climate crisis. From small changes such as pre-cycling and purchasing items with minimum to no packaging, to eliminating plastic entirely;...
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MiTeen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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167 pages ; 22 cm
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Drawing on ecological, social justice and storytelling frameworks, this thought-provoking book discusses how information pollution spreads and why, tackling the topic of internet ethics while empowering readers to create a safe, secure and inclusive digital world.
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