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The summer we turned green

Shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards
ID 409860
Slug the-summer-we-turned-green
Contributors
Annotation
Description <b>A fresh, funny, heartfelt look at this generation's must-win battle: one earth, one chance. </b> It's the summer holidays, and thirteen-year-old Luke's life has been turned upside down. First his older sister Rose moved 'across the road', where a community of climate rebels is protesting the planned airport expansion. Then his dad followed her. Dad only went to get Rose back, but now he's out there building totem poles, wearing sandals and drinking mead (whatever that is) with the best of them. <b>Can Luke save his family when all <i>they</i> want to do is save the planet?</b> <b>________________________</b> <b>'Hilarious, acutely observed and deeply felt, Sutcliffe's new novel is part biting satire on nimbyism and adult complacency, part impassioned call: take action now, before it's too late.'</b> <i>GUARDIAN</i> <b>'This is the perfect book to inspire action against the climate crisis and to lift your spirits.' </b><i>SCOTSMAN</i> <b>'A heartfelt, well-observed, gripping family drama, as well as a call to arms.' </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> Children's Book of the Week
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280 Fictie kinder- en jeugdboeken algemeen NUR
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Publisher Bloomsbury
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Language eng
Page count 352
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Publication date first 2021-07-07
Publication date latest 2021-07-07
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  • ISBN: 9781526632852 (BC)

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