Save+the+Earth

November 2009 Theme Save the Earth

 * [[image:eco_tree.jpg width="320" height="533" align="left" caption="eco_tree.jpg"]] || **__ Environmental Fiction __**

// Hoot // by Carl Hiaasen Gr. 5-8  Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

// Jackie's Wild Seattle // by Will Hobbs Gr. 5-8  Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her little brother, Cody, spend the summer with their uncle, helping at a wildlife rescue center named Jackie's Wild Seattle.

// Judy Moody Saves the World // by Megan McDonald Gr.2-5 When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.

// My Contract with Henry // by Mericle Harper Gr. 2-4  A mission that begins as an eighth-grade project on Henry David Thoreau's experimental living at Walden Pond becomes a life-changing experience for a group of outsider students who become budding philosophers, environmental activists, and loyal friends.

// My Life in Pink and Green // by Lisa Greenwald Gr. 5-8 When the family's drugstore is failing, seventh-grader Lucy uses her problem-solving talents to come up with a solution that might resuscitate the business, along with helping the environment.

// Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things // by Wendelin Van Draanen Gr. 5-8 While on her first hiking and camping trip, thirteen-year-old Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors while avoiding scorpions, ticks, and embarrassment.

//Skullduggery// by Pete Hautman and Mary Logue Gr. 6-9 During a field trip in the local woods, Roni and Brian find the local archaeology professor, Andrew Dart, knocked unconscious in a cave, which leads them to investigate a land development scheme. ||
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//Ark Angel// by Anthony Horowitz Gr. 6-9 After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel.

//The Carbon Diaries 2015// by Saci Lloyd Gr. 8-12 In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals out of control.

//Earthgirl// by Jennifer Cowan Gr. 8-12 Sixteen-year-old Sabine Solomon, having been in an altercation with a driver who threw garbage at her, decides to change her life and become a crusader for the environment, but finds her new passion met by resistance from her family and friends and taking a dark turn.

//Exodus// by Julie Bertagna Gr. 8-12 In the year 2100, as the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in order to save themselves.

//Firestorm// by David Klass Gr. 8-12 After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special purpose, eighteen-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a shape-shifting female fighter.

//Life As We Know It// by Susan Beth Pfeffer Gr. 7-12 Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

//Siberia// by Ann Halam Gr. 5-8 After spending two years at a prison school, thirteen-year-old Sloe sets off on a trek across frozen wastelands, tending to the secret "seeds" of wild animals her mother left in her care, trying to reach a new life for all of them.

//Teen, Inc.// by Stefan Petrucha Gr. 7-10 Fourteen-year-old Jaiden has been raised by NECorp. since his parents were killed when he was a baby, so when he discovers that the corporation has been lying about producing illegal levels of mercury emissions, he and his two friends decide to try to do something about it.

//The Tomorrow Code// by Brian Falkner Gr. 7-10 Two New Zealand teenagers receive a desperate SOS from their future selves and set out on a quest to stop an impending ecological disaster that could mean the end of humanity.

//Torched// by April Henry Gr. 8-12 In order to save her parents from going to jail for possession of marijuana, sixteen-year-old Ellie must help the FBI uncover the intentions of a radical environmental group by going undercover.

//The White Giraffe// by Lauren T. John Gr. 4-7 After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.