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1) Squirm
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"This summer, Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, save a neighbor's cat, save an endangered panther, and then try to save his own father. Carl Hiaasen tells a wickedly funny, slightly twisted tale about families, figuring out what's really important, and knowing when (and when not) to let things go."--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Learn all about environmental activism, from climate change to ending plastic pollution. Get a global look at the history of the movement, meet the activists involved, and celebrate some of the legal victories! Each chapters end with a call to action, so kids can feel inspired to get involved in their own communities. This high-interest book is written at a lower reading level for struggling readers. Considerate text and engaging art and photographs...
3) Conservation
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1180L
Language
English
Formats
Description
We are all aware of the importance of the environment - it's in the news, it affects our behavior and the decisions we make every day. But what actual impact has environmental thinking had on the world around us? This thought-provoking book looks at the way changing ideas about the environment and sustainability have affected our attitudes to conservation, and will do so in the future.
Author
Series
Stella Diaz volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book describes the problems of carbon emissions with our transportation systems and discusses how to make our transportation sustainable with less use of private vehicles and an increase in public transportation with electric buses and high speed trains.
Author
Series
City spies volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The spies head to New York City when a credible threat is made against a young climate activist.
10) Food and farming
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1240L
Language
English
Formats
Description
We are all aware of the importance of the environment - it's in the news, it affects our behavior and the decisions we make every day. But what actual impact has environmental thinking had on the world around us? This thought-provoking book looks at the way changing ideas about the environment and sustainability have affected the way we obtain our food, and will do so in the future.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
As people began to see how pollution and industry could damage the environment, they began to seek change. Environmental Protests explores the research that revealed how common practices harmed the environment, the events people held to raise awareness, and the tactics protesters use to protect nature and change laws.
Author
Series
Beacon Street girls volume 13
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
When the BSG decide to throw an environmental science fair, they all have to think of projects to do, and Avery gets involved in a battle with Kiki Underwood about a new bubble gum factory that Avery opposes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Greta Thunberg, a young Swedish climate change activist with Asperger's syndrome, has faced many challenges in her efforts to make governments around the world take action for our planet's health.
14) Saving Wonder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Curley Hines has lost his father, mother, and brother to coal mining, and now he lives with his grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Wonder Gap, Kentucky--but when the mining company prepares to destroy their mountain he must use the words his grandfather has taught him to save Red Hawk Mountain, even if it means losing the life he loves.
15) Project go green
Author
Series
Hope (Alyssa Milano) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A class field trip to Camp Go Green inspires Hope Roberts to take up environmental causes, but getting busy grown-ups (or her older sister) to pay attention to a middle schooler can be something of a problem, and so is Hope's expectation that everyone will share her enthusiasm; her science club gets her school to add more recycling bins, start a carpooling program and create a garden, but it turns out that saving the world is more complicated than...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book explores the crisis of climate change, highlighting its causes, effects, and solutions, as well as the debates and challenges related to climate change that remain today"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
"In legislatures all over the world, ten of thousands of serious-looking and stern-sounding politicians sat and discussed an endless range of issues. But they never addressed the problem of the health of the planet. It was time for someone to remind them to step in to protect the environment--and the future of children all over the world. It was an emergency. Everything else could wait. So Greta made a sign, put on her jacket, and went on strike."...
18) Earth day
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes the history and traditions of Earth Day, including a craft and recipe"--
19) Green ideas
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One of the most important green inventions is the solar cell that allows people to convert sunlight into energy. Today, solar power is an important source of clean energy. Thinking about ways to go green can help keep the environment and people healthy. Kids are as concerned about the environment as adults, and Being Green can help kids do their part to help.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
The Making a Difference series tells engaging, inspiring, and sometimes touching stories of people, organizations, and communities who are helping people, animals, and the planet. Each book profiles 12 stories about how people are making a difference in a respective area: animals, children, the community, after a disaster, education, immigrants and refugees, the planet, and seniors. Some work is on a...
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