A group of 12-year-old friends concerned about climate change proposes
a new way to save the earth: amending the U.S. Constitution. Their
project propels these activists on an amazing journey across
America--and all the way to Norway--with plenty of outside-the-box
hijinks and civil disobedience, as they work to save the planet and
their futures on it.
For sixth grader Sam Warren and his friends Catalina, Alistair, Jaesang,
and Zoe, the effects of climate change are too pressing to ignore.
Adults don't seem to be up to the challenge of taking action to make
real change, but kids know it's their futures on the line. If their
parents, teachers, and government officials won't step up well, then,
they will!
And these young people will stop at nothing to save the planet and their
futures on it. With a little help from a retired kids' rights lawyer and
a grandma who knows how to march, they are ready to think big:
Constitutional amendment big. But can a bunch of 12-year-olds really
draft an amendment that protects the planet, get it to pass in Congress,
and change enough hearts and minds across the country to get it ratified
before the clock runs out?
Steven B. Frank crafts another funny and fast-paced story of
heightened-reality wish-fulfillment, loaded with the witty patter of
smart kids, in this book that reads like Aaron Sorkin for middle grade
and plumbs the complexities of the Constitution and the critical turning
point of global climate change.
