FromcriticallyacclaimedauthorBarbaraDeecomesa“thought-provoking...wonderful“(SchoolLibraryJournal)middlegradenovelaboutayounggirlwhochannelsheranxietyabouttheclimatecrisisintorallyinghercommunitytosavealocalriver.Twelve-year-oldHavenJacobscan’tstopthinkingabouttheclimatecrisis.Infact,heranxietyaboutthestateoftheplanetisstartingtointerferewithherschoolwork,herfriendships,evenhersleep.Shecan’tstopwonderingwhygrownupsaren’teventryingtosolvetheearth’sproblem--andifthere’sanythingmeaningfulthatshe,asaseventhgrader,cancontribute.WhenHaven’ssocialstudiesteacherurgeshertofindaspecific,manageablewaytomakeadifferencetotheplanet,HavenfocusesontheannualscienceclassprojectatthelocalBelmontRiver,whereherclasswilltakesamplesofthewatertoanalyze.Studentshavebeendoingtheprojectforyears,andherolderbrothertellsherthathisfavoritepartwasstudyingandcatchingfrogs.ButwhenHavenandherclassmatesgettotheriver,there’snosignoffrogsorotherwildlife--butthereisampleevidenceofpollution.Theonlythingthat’schangedbytheriveristheopeningofGemba,thenewfactorywhereHaven’sdadworks.Itdoesn’ttakemuchinvestigationbeforeHavenisconvincedGembaisbehindtheslowpollutionoftheriver.She’sdeterminedtoexposeGembaandforcethemtocleanuptheiract.Butwhenitbecomescleartakingactionmightputherdad’sjob--andsomefriendships--injeopardy,Havenmustdecidehowfarshe’swillingtogo.
