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Turning the Tide
Turning the Tide: The Youngest Generation New Spotlight Series Children’s bookshelf | YA/teen bookshelf | Book reviews | Spotlights | Resources and teacher links News: … Read more
World Eco-fiction Series
Welcome to the World Eco-fiction Series: Climate Change and Beyond. This spotlight series travels the planet exploring fictional stories close to natural landscapes and wildlife, … Read more
Indie Corner – Aleksandar Nedeljkovic
Back to the Indie Corner series I’m happy to reboot our Indie Corner this month with a spotlight on Aleksandar Nedeljkovic and his novel ALT … Read more
Distinguishing Genres About Climate and Ecological Changes
Ever since starting this website in the summer of 2013, I’ve tried to be inclusive with fiction genres that describe the ecological facets of our … Read more
My Days of Dark Green Euphoria, A.E. Copenhaver
Irreverent, witty, and provocative, My Days of Dark Green Euphoria—winner of the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature—is a satirical novel of how a life … Read more
Face, Jaspreet Singh
In his playful yet deeply serious third novel Jaspreet Singh links a fossil fraud in India, an ice core archive in Canada, and a climate … Read more
Thrust, Lydia Yuknavitch
As rising waters–and an encroaching police state–endanger her life and family, a girl with the gifts of a carrier travels through water and time to … Read more
Weird Fishes, Rae Mariz
When Ceph, a squid-like scientist, discovers proof of the ocean’s slowing currents, she makes the dangerous ascent from her deep-sea civilization to the uncharted surface … Read more
Book Recommendations
Because I’ve written (or have found) quite a few lists of ecologically oriented fiction, I thought I’d finally compile them for readers wanting to know … Read more
Backyard Wildlife – The View
Back to Series Overlooking our rose gardens, spruce trees, and then meadow beyond is an old balcony that has seen better days. We finally replaced … Read more
Turn the Tide, Elaine Dimopoulos
Turn the Tide Middle Grade Fiction by Elaine Dimopoulos Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen When twelve-year-old Mimi Laskaris moves to Wilford Island, Florida, she immediately falls … Read more
Paradise on Fire, Jewell Parker Rhodes
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more
Backyard Wildlife – Smelling like Dirt
Back to Series “In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” ― Margaret Atwood I’ve begun my most recent … Read more
Climate and Ecological Films
Eco-fiction isn’t limited to just the written word. It can include films and even games. Check back often, as I will update this post when … Read more
The Devil’s Dictionary, Steven Kotler
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more