Saving Earth, Olugbemisola RhudayPerkovich
Saving Earth, Olugbemisola RhudayPerkovich
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Saving Earth
Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future

Author: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Nathaniel Rich

Narrator: Imani Jade Powers

Unabridged: 4 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2022


Synopsis

A timely and inspiring nonfiction guide for middle grade readers about the history of our fight against climate change, and how young people today are rising to action.

Inspired by Nathaniel Rich’s Losing Earth: A Recent History, the acclaimed book that grew out of an August 2018 issue of the New York Times Magazine solely dedicated to it, Saving Earth tells the human story of the climate change conversation from the recent past into the present day. It wrestles with the long shadow of our failures, what might be ahead for today’s generation, and crucial questions of how we understand the world we live in—and how we can work together to change the outlook for the better.

Written by acclaimed author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and enlivened with illustrations from Tim Foley, and filled with the voices of climate activists from the past and present, this book is both a call to action and a riveting dramatic history.

A Junior Library Guild Selection

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers

About Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is the author of 8th Grade Superzero, a Notable Book for A Global Society and Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. She is the co-author of the NAACP Image Award nominated Two Naomis, a Junior Library Guild selection, and its sequel, Naomis Too. She is the editor of The Hero Next Door, a 2019 anthology from We Need Diverse Books. She lives with her family in NYC, where she writes, makes things, and needs to get more sleep.

About Nathaniel Rich

Nathaniel Rich is the author of Losing Earth: A Recent History, which received awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists and the American Institute of Physicists and was a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award; and the novels King Zeno, Odds Against Tomorrow, and The Mayor’s Tongue. He is a writer at large for The New York Times Magazine and a regular contributor to The Atlantic, Harper's, and The New York Review of Books. Rich lives in New Orleans.

About Tim Foley

Tim Foley was born in Flint, Michigan, and since attending college at the Kendall School of Design, has made his home in Grand Rapids on the west side of the state. A freelance illustrator for the past three decades, his work has appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world and books have included many titles in the bestselling young adult "Who Was" biography series, as well as several adult coloring books.

About Imani Jade Powers

Imani Jade Powers is an actor, writer, and narrator based in New York. She’s a graduate of Sarah Lawrence and RADA, narrates both fiction and non-fiction, and is passionate about social justice storytelling.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenny B on March 01, 2022

Saving Earth dives into the climate change and greenhouse effect that scientists have been aware of for decades. Yes, decades of knowledge and very little action taken to actually slow down or reverse what is happening to our planet due largely to politics. This book serves as a call to action for c......more

Goodreads review by Erin on April 22, 2022

This was the perfect books to read for Earth Day! This is great for the younger generation but also such a wake up moment for those that haven’t started to make changes that can aid ending global warming. There are so many people that have started this movement and it was eye opening to read how cor......more

Goodreads review by David on March 25, 2025

Amazing book that really infuriated me. Learning more about the history of climate change and all the opportunities we had to fix it, and just didnt!!! The end was a little all over the place but I don't think it took away from anything.......more

Goodreads review by Simeon on December 21, 2023

I would recommend this to everyone I meet......more