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1) Ship breaker
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
3) What a waste
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of garbage larger than the...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, in a refrigerator not too far away, a jug of milk and a bottle of juice fell in love. All was bliss until Juice was taken away from its one true love and...recycled. Thus begins Milk and Juice's humorous journey through many incarnations around the world. Will they ever be reunited? Or will they stay star-crossed lovers for all eternity?"--
8) What matters
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
Language
English
Description
In this picture book, the ripple effect of one child's small action shows how we can all make a big environmental difference.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
Fly Guy and Buzz visit a landfill to discover where their garbage goes. They learn all about garbage trucks, trash sorting, bacteria, and how landfills can be more environmentally friendly. They also visit a recycling plant to learn about how recycling programs get started, the recycling cycle, and what happens when trash isn't properly disposed of. There are even tips for how readers can help keep our planet healthy!
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
138 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This narrative middle-grade nonfiction from Rebecca Donnelly dives into the scientific and cultural history of the waste humans produce, examining why we make so much trash, why we're so bad at handling it, and how we can stop it (that is, us) from ruining the planet"--
13) The lost compass
Author
Series
Fog diver novels volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tthirteen-year-old tetherboy Chess and his crew may have escaped the slums, but they cannot escape the Fog. When they retreat to the mountaintop sanctuary of Port Oro, they discover that the deadly white mist will soon swallow the entire city. Will the slumkids be able to save Port Oro, or will they run out of time?"--
14) Emeraldalicious
Author
Series
Pinkalicious volume 5
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recycling magic turns a garbage-filled park into a "greentastic" garden.
Author
Series
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After a rainy week of watching Flea solve garden crimes, Bee is determined to crack a case. But to her dismay, Flea declares instead that it's time to take a break and head to the puddle party!... Then, in the midst of Flea's fun and her own water worries, Bee discovers an even bigger problem: her new puddle friends are in danger, and it's up to her, F.L.E.A. Sub-Agent in Training, to come to the rescue."--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (43 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In pictures without words, the reader follows the journey of one brown paper bag from a tree in the forest through the years it is used by three generations of one family until eventually the old bag becomes the container in which a new tree is planted.
Author
Series
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bee is buzzing along--busy, but bored--when Flea rides in on a dog's back and changes her life forever. Flea is the one and only agent of the Fenced-in-area Law Enforcement Agency (the F.L.E.A. for short) and she's heard about trouble in the compost heap: word is, it has erupted into a wild frenzy, and she needs to investigate. Turns out Bee has something Flea needs: wings. So together they fly off to the scene of the crime. Once Bee puts on her...
20) The Fog diver
Author
Series
Fog diver novels volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this futuristic high-stakes adventure, humanity clings to cities on the highest mountain peaks above the deadly Fog, and airships transport the pirates of the skies. Daring 13-year-old tetherboy Chess and his salvage crew must face the dark plans of Lord Kodoc and work to save their beloved Mrs. E"--
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