The Amazon Rain Forest And Its People
Describes the conditions in the Amazon rain forest, the animals, plants, and people that live there, the exploitation of this ecosystem, and the importance of preserving it.
577.34
year: 1993
copies: 7
call number/section: 577.34
lexile:
subjects: man, rain forest ecology, rain forest conservation, deforestation, environmental degradation [X], amazon river region, rain forests, human influence on nature
The Secret Under My Skin
In the year 2368, humans exist under dire environmental conditions and one young woman, rescued from a work camp and chosen for a special duty, uses her love of learning to discover the truth about the planet's future and her own dark past.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
Other Goose
A collection of classic fairy tales with a modern day twist.
811
year: 2007
copies: 5
call number/section: 811
lexile:
The Fire Eternal
As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, Arctic bears starve, dragons awake, the earth goddess Gaia becomes restless, and Alexa, the daughter of best-selling author David Rain, uses her special abilities in an attempt to save the world from the forces of evil.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 98
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
Restoring Harmony
Ten years after the Great Collapse of 2031, sixteen-year-old Molly McClure, with only her fiddle for company, leaves the safety of her family's island home to travel through a dangerous and desolate wasteland on her way to Oregon to find her grandparents and persuade them to return with her to Canada.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
Empty
When, just ten years in the future, oil supplies run out and global warming leads to devastating storms, senior high school classmates Tom, Niki, Gwen, Hector, and Brock realize that the world as they know it is ending and lead the way to a more environmentally-friendly society.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: social change, environmental degradation [X], ecology, fuel, renewable energy sources, fossil fuels
Raiders' Ransom
In twenty-second-century Great Britain, where climate change has caused vast flooding, piratical raiders kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter and thirteen-year-old Lilly Melkun, an English fisher-girl, takes her seacat on a daring rescue attempt, with a mysterious talking jewel from a past computer age tucked in her belt as ransom.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
The Last Princess
Tired of the royal family's relative comfort while they suffer in the wake of worldwide catastrophes in 2090, rebels kill the British king and abduct two of his children, but Princess Eliza escapes, disguises herself, and joins the rebels to seek revenge and the safe return of her siblings.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Breathe
"In a barren land, a shimmering glass dome houses the survivors of the Switch, the period when oxygen levels plunged and the green world withered.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
The Neptune Project
Nere has never understood why she's more comfortable and confident swimming with the dolphins that her mother studies than she is hanging out with her classmates on land, but everything falls into place when Nere learns that she is one of a group of kids who -- unbeknownst to them -- have been genetically altered to survive in the ocean.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: genetic engineering, environmental degradation [X], ocean, undersea colonies, survival, science fiction
Frozen
More than a century after a catastrophic disaster wiped out most of humanity and covered much of the earth with ice, fifteen-year-old Cass yields to the voice in her head urging her to embark on a dangerous journey across a poisoned sea to the mythical land, Blue.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: voyages and travels, environmental degradation [X], magic, immortality, paradise, survival
Resist
Alina, Quinn, and Bea, now outlaws and outcasts, make their way to the last enclave of the Resistance but once there, they discover they can count on no one but each other and may, in fact, have to betray those they considered allies.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart
When legendary logger Paul Bunyan falls in love with Lucette Diana Kensack, he will do whatever it takes to win her heart, including trying to restore the Minnesota environment to its previous condition as part of Lucette's "love test.
398.2
year: 2007
copies: 10
call number/section: 398.2
lexile:
subjects: bunyan, paul (legendary character), love, human influence on nature, environmental degradation [X], tall tales, minnesota, nature, love stories, romance fiction, nature stories, tall tales
North America
Provides an overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies threatening North America.
363.7
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: 363.7
lexile:
subjects: environmental degradation [X], environmental protection, conservation of natural resources, north america
The Future Of Life
Argues that many of the world's plants and animals are in danger of becoming extinct because of humans' misuse of the earth's resources and describes the species which are most at risk.
333.95
year: 2003
copies: 2
call number/section: 333.95
lexile: