Saving Earth: Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future

A timely and inspiring nonfiction guide for middle grade readers about the history of our fight against climate change, and how young people today are rising to action.

Inspired by Nathaniel Rich's Losing Earth: A Recent History, the acclaimed book that grew out of an August 2018 issue of the New York Times Magazine solely dedicated to it, Saving Earth tells the human story of the climate change conversation from the recent past into the present day. It wrestles with the long shadow of our failures, what might be ahead for today's generation, and crucial questions of how we understand the world we live in--and how we can work together to change the outlook for the better.

Written by acclaimed author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and enlivened with illustrations from Tim Foley, and filled with the voices of climate activists from the past and present, this book is both a call to action and a riveting dramatic history.

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Author: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 03/05/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9781250909336
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.9
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 517463 / Saving Earth: Climate Change and the Fight of Our Future

About the Author

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is the author of Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow (Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan). She is also the editor of the We Need Diverse Books anthology The Hero Next Door. She lives in New York City with her family.

Tim Foley has illustrated many books, including Ben Thompson and Erik Slader's Epic Fails history series. Tim lives and works in Grand Rapids with his wife, Terri.

Nathaniel Rich is the author of numerous novels, and his essays have appeared in The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, Rolling Stone, and The Daily Beast. He lives in New Orleans.