It's January 1st, 2015, and the UK is the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing, in a drastic bid to combat climate change. As her family spirals out of control, Laura Brown chronicles the first year of rationing with scathing abandon. Will her mother become one with her inner wolf? Will her sister give up her weekends in Ibiza? Does her father love the pig more than her? Can her band the dirty angels make it big? And will Ravi Datta ever notice her? In these dark days, Laura deals...
There are 1.3 million great whales left in the Earth's oceans today. Climate activist Abi and her AI computer Moonlight are on a mission to protect the planet. When they uncover whale song recordings made by Abi's great-grandfather, a whale hunter, Moonlight discovers a pattern... ...the songs are a map to a future that could rescue the whales and rescue the world. 'A hard-hitting, beautifully written call to arms' Guardian * Daily Mail Best Book of 2022 * * Big Issue Kids' Best Book of 202...
When city girl Nancy moves to a small coastal Maine town she meets Mariner, the Great Blue heron with a GPS tracking device on its back. We follow the actual tracking data of this real-life heron through the story as a lobster fisherman’s son and a mysterious naturalist with an uncanny way with animals take Nancy in hand with engaging results.
A high-concept enemies-to-lovers romance – sure to be a BookTok hit! Good news: We all have a soulmate. Thanks to a gene mutation, out there somewhere is our perfect match. Bad news: Your soul bond means you feel their pain before you’ve even met. And if your soulmate dies . . . you die too. Control freak Zoe is determined to stay alive – and single. She carries a survival kit for every eventuality, but even she can’t prepare for a match...
Rook and Gage live worlds apart — but somehow they must find a way to help one another survive. Trapped in a life she didn’t choose, Rook struggles to find meaning in her appointed role as an apprentice Keeper of ArHK. Even though her mam soothes her with legends of the Outside and her da assures her there are many interesting facts to discover in the Archives, Rook sees only endless years of tracking useless information. Then one day Rook discovers historic footage of the Chosen Ones arriving...
Sharks Are Scary Aren’t They? depicts the emotional journey of Charlie Parker, a fearful twelve-year-old boy, and Jane Jones, a retired dentist and scuba diver, who meet by chance on a beach. Despite the years that separate them, they discover they are more alike than they could have imagined. Sharing the world through the eyes of sharks, hearing about the struggles and dangers they face and how they are on the brink of extinction, brings our two friends closer together. In this book there are s...
Award-winning author Victoria Williamson marks her debut into YA fiction with this explosive dystopian survival story. It's the year 2123, and 16-year-old Adina has just accidentally killed 14,756 people. Raised in the eco-bubble of Eden Five, Adina has always believed that the Amonston Corporation’s giant greenhouse would keep her safe forever. But when her own careless mistake leads to an explosion that incinerates Eden Five, she and a small group of survivors must brave the barren wastelands...
Shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2023! A fresh, funny, heartfelt look at this generation’s must-win battle: one earth, one chance. It’s the summer holidays, and thirteen-year-old Luke’s life has been turned upside down. First his older sister Rose moved ‘across the road’, where a community of climate rebels is protesting the planned airport expansion. Then his dad followed her. Dad only went to get Rose back, but now he’s out there building totem poles, wearing sandals and dri...
Riveting, powerful, and a little bit magical, Fault Lines offers readers a slow-burn romance alongside an unflinching examination of socio-economics, gender expectations, and environmental ethics.Ever since her aunt died four months ago, seventeen-year-old Vivian (Viv) Spry is aching to figure out where she belongs. Her father has become emotionally distant and even her best friend has found a new sense of identity in her theater group. Unfortunately, nobody in her rural West Virginia town has t...
“A whip-smart tale that asks big, bold questions of how we can save the planet.” Laura Lam“A smart, brilliantly realized call to arms.” The Observer“Frighteningly clever and richly imagined.” Laura Wood, author of A Sky Painted GoldIn a climate catastrophe ... resistance is taking root.Gabrielle is a climate-change activist who shoots to fame when she becomes the first teenager to display a supernatural ability to grow plants from her skin. Hester is the millionaire daughter of an oil tycoon and...
A fast-paced fantasy YA novel that explores vital themes in today's society – such as climate change and the environment – within the context of an exciting page-turner. This timely adventure story will empower and excite young people at the same time
An out-of-this-world sci-fi adventure - the perfect intergalactic gift! 'Thrilling, action-packed and imaginative, this ecologically themed sci-fi adventure is the perfect book for fans of Star Wars.' THE WEEK JUNIOR 'The pace never lets up in this action-packed adventure.' LOVEREADING4KIDS 'A perfect introduction to sci-fi with a strong ecological message' BIG ISSUE Railey dreams of winning the drone races with her bio-robot...
The terrifying impact of global warming on vulnerable lives is laid bare in this gripping tale of survival from internationally bestselling author Steve Cole. Gayla is trapped when floodwater pours into her bedroom in a residential centre for kids with disabilities. The other children have been evacuated while Gayla waited for her father, but now the streets around are cut off and she’s all alone with no way out. Junjun’s makeshift shack has been washe...
The Greta Thunberg revolution comes true for the raccoons of a small suburban city when they rise up, throw out their government, and start an ecological commonwealth. Clutch, Bandit, and Touchwit are prepared to die for a free, healthy and diverse city. But to earn their self-respect as leading citizens they must overcome their father Meatbreath, an autocrat obsessed with multiplying himself in a host of weaponised children. Will the three heroes be able to use the powers they have inherited fr...
In 2017, two years after England introduces carbon dioxide rationing to combat climatic change, eighteen-year-old Laura chronicles her first year at a London university as natural disasters and political upheaval disrupt her studies.
The Lightning Tree (The Ni Revolution Trilogy, #1)
by Lene Fogelberg