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Turn the tide

"The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi ... Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali--and won....

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Main Author: Dimopoulos, Elaine (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Middle school students > Juvenile fiction.
Marine pollution > Juvenile fiction.
Pollution > Juvenile fiction.
Environmental protection > Juvenile fiction.
School fiction > Juvenile.
Novels in verse > Juvenile.
Summary: "The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi ... Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali--and won. Their story strikes a chord for Mimi. She's twelve. Could a kid like her make such a big change in a place that she's not yet sure feels like home?"--
Physical Description: vii, 359 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-359).
ISBN: 9780358538158
0358538157
Author Notes: Elaine Dimopoulos received a B.A. in literature from Yale University, an M.A. in education leadership from Columbia University, and an M.F.A. in Writing for Children from Simmons College. She teaches children's literature and writing courses at Boston University. Her first book, Material Girls, was published in 2015.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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