Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines

Paul Fleischman offers teens an environmental wake-up call and a tool kit for decoding the barrage of conflicting information confronting them.

We're living in an Ah-Ha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never before seen. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking -- suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world.

This book explains it. Not with isolated facts, but the principles driving attitudes and events, from vested interests to denial to big-country syndrome. Because money is as important as molecules in the environment, science is joined with politics, history, and psychology to provide the briefing needed to comprehend the 21st century.

Extensive back matter, including a glossary, bibliography, and index, as well as numerous references to websites, provides further resources.

Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/23/2014
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780763675455
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.7
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 169345 / Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2014 pg. 88
Publishers Weekly 08/11/2014 pg. 69
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2014
Booklist 09/15/2014 pg. 49
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2014 pg. 122
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 08/01/2014

About the Author
Paul Fleischman won a Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices and a Newbery Honor for Graven Images. He is the author of numerous books, including picture books, young adult fiction, poetry, plays, and nonfiction. Paul Fleischman lives in Santa Cruz.