Earth Day was just this Wednesday, and we are marking the occasion by sharing some titles and resources that are sure to make think.
From Floods to Fire: Here are the Titles
- Ash’s Cabin
- By Jen Wang
- Genre: Graphic Novel
- Publish Date: 2024
- First Second
- 9781250754066
The only person who ever seemed to get Ash was their Grandpa Edwin. Before he died, he used to talk about building a secret cabin, deep in the California wilderness. Did he ever build it? What if it’s still there, waiting for him to come back…or for Ash to find it? To Ash, that maybe-mythical cabin is starting to feel like the perfect place for a fresh start and an escape from the miserable feeling of alienation that haunts their daily life.
- Climate of Chaos
- By Cassandra Newbould
- Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction
- Publish Date: 2025
- Peachtree
- 9781682637579
An exhilarating dystopian YA recalling The Last of Us and Divergent—Climate Of Chaos is a hard-hitting survival story featuring a disabled protagonist that explores the chilling effects of climate change and medical debt.
- Down Came the Rain
- By Jennifer Mathieu
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Publish Date: 2023
- Roaring Book Press
- 9781250232670
Eliza and Javi are both dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and while their circumstances are different they are co-presidents of the environmental club school. This story explores climate change induced anxiety and how inequalities are increased by climate change.
- Dust
- By Alison Stine
- Genre: Disability, Dystopia, Science Fiction
- Publish Date: 2024
- Wednesday Books
- 978125878731
In this haunting, speculative coming-of-age novel about finding your place in an unforgiving environment, a partially deaf teen questions everything she knows about family, love, and her future.
- The Nature of Witches
- By Rachel Griffin
- Genre: Fantasy
- Publish Date: 2021
- Sourcebook Fire
- 9781728229423
Practical Magic meets Twister in this debut contemporary fantasy standalone about heartbreaking power, the terror of our collapsing atmosphere, and the ways we unknowingly change our fate.- Goodreads.
- Two Degrees
- By Alan Gratz
- Genre: Realistic Fiction, Adventure
- Publish Date: 2022
- Scholastic Press
- 9781338735673
Akira, Owen, George, and Natalie are all swept up in the devastating effects of climate change. They are also connected in ways that will shock them–and could alter their destinies forever.
