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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
To prove that she belongs in a place where only the smartest and most useful are welcomed, twelve-year-old Yolanda learns that her survival rests on the rediscovery of a long-extinct beehive that could be the answer to everything.
2) Willodeen
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.
Author
Series
Max Einstein volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taking on her biggest challenge yet--preventing climate change from destroying the earth--Max Einstein is pitted against a new evil group that would rather let the whole world crumble than allow her to save the planet.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Mary Kate joins a special science pilot program focused on climate change, she and her friends come up with big plans to bring lasting change to their community.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jillian Robichaux's coastal Louisiana town of Boutin suffers a catastrophic flood that might be too much for her community to overcome, but she is determined to keep both Boutin and its indomitable spirit alive.
7) Water day
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A girl and her community celebrate the arrival of the water man when he comes on his weekly visit to distribute water to a Cuban village. Includes author's note.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Jina is learning about climate change for a class project, but her efforts to save energy at home (by turning off all appliances) just seem to inconvenience her parents, and frustrate them all.
10) The Fire Eternal
Author
Series
Last dragon chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, Arctic bears starve, dragons awake, the earth goddess Gaia becomes restless, and Alexa, the daughter of best-selling author David Rain, uses her special abilities in an attempt to save the world from the forces of evil.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A polar bear waits patiently for spring when the ice breaks up, but after months of hunting, paddling, and resting on ice floes, summer ends and the bear must swim very far to find land. Includes facts about polar bears and the effect of climate change on their environment.
12) Leaf
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When a polar bear arrives unexpectedly in the woods, the animals fear and avoid him, suspecting him to be dangerous - and his habit of collecting leaves only adds to their distrust. Then one day, they watch as he attempts to fly over the water with wings made of colorful leaves... just trying to go home. Maybe he needs some help?
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ayla lives on a beautiful tropical island surrounded by a coral reef. Her mom is a marine biologist, and every day, the two go exploring together. One day, Ayla notices that many of the fish have disappeared, and the once-vibrant corals have turned pale. She and her mom set out to save the corals--but is it too late?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Poison Ivy wants to protect the plants in Gotham City Park from climate change. Although that may sound like a noble plan, her solution actually seals off the entire park inside a giant, plant-based dome! With helpless citizens trapped inside, it's up to Batgirl to fight through the villain's fearsome flora"--
18) The last tiger
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Aasha the tiger loves her beautiful forest home, full of tigers, boars, and other animals. But one day, the forest begins to change. The hot days became hotter. The wet days became wetter--so wet, in fact, that there are floods that force many of the animals to find other places to live. And then the humans enter the forest and begin taking down the trees, which forces Aasha out. Will she ever find a new place to call home? Includes back matter on...
19) One small hop
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Ahab Goldstein is a seventh-grader living in an United States (specifically Maine) where the environment has turned toxic, and the corrupt Environmental Police Force is in control, limiting access to natural resources like gas and water, issuing fines, and transporting "fragile" species (pretty much all of them) to the Center for Species Rehabilitation in New Arcadia (a dubious refuge at best); so when Ahab and his friends find a real live bullfrog...
20) Wildfire
Author
Publisher
LB Ink,Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After her home burns down, Julianna moves to a new town to start over but learns that the boy who started the fire goes to her new school"--
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