School Strike for Climate

by Nel Yomtov, Fern Cano (Illustrator)

Overview

In August 2018, a teenager named Greta Thunberg missed school to sit outside the Swedish parliament with a sign that read School Strike for Climate. She was demanding that government leaders take stronger action against climate change due to global warming. At first, Greta sat alone. But her message spread. Other students joined her in the movement that became known as Fridays for Future. By September 2019, millions of activists from around the world marched in protests to protect the future of the planet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666324341
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2022
Series:	Movements and Resistance
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Nel Yomtov is an award-winning author of children's nonfiction books and graphic novels. He specializes in writing about history, current events, biography, architecture, and military history. He has written numerous graphic novels for Capstone, including the recent School Strike for Climate, Journeying to New Worlds: A Max Axiom Super Scientist Adventure, and Cher Ami: Heroic Carrier Pigeon of World War I. In 2020 he self-published Baseball 100, an illustrated book featuring the 100 greatest players in baseball history. Nel lives in the New York City area.

Table of Contents

The Science is Settled 4

A Girl Named Greta 8

The Global Week for Future 16

Praise, Criticism, and Progress 24

More about the Climate Strikes 28

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

About the Author 32

About the Illustrator 32

Interviews

Explores various historical movements and resistances via a particular event;

Editorial Reviews

These installments in the Movements and Resistance series span his­tory to show both past and continuing organized protests. Using a graphic-novel format with artwork that reflects the time period, the books combine action-packed scenes with chunked text that gives background information on the rise of the protest, its leader, and the movement's impact on national or world history. School Strike for Climate begins with an overview of the devastating effects of climate change, the Paris Agreement, and President Trump's withdrawal from this global treaty before focusing on Greta Thunberg and how the teen's solitary school strikes turned into an international movement to mitigate climate change. Speech bubbles from Greta and world leaders presumably recount actual quotes, although no references are provided. Shays' Rebellion weaves descriptions of the American Revolu­tion and the debt crisis it created into the story of Daniel Shays, who, with other soldiers, formed a rebellion to protest high taxes. The final chapter emphasizes how the resistance influenced the newly created U.S. government and its constitution. Most of the dialogue is imag­ined with a few exceptions of uncited quotes from Founding Fathers. Related facts conclude each volume in this series for researchers and casual nonfiction readers alike.

Booklist - Angela Leeper