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Œuvres de Ann Eriksson

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Dive In! by Ann Eriksson, is a middle-grade book all about the ocean, how it affects humans, and how we affect the ocean. Young readers can learn all about ocean conservation and why it is so important. There are suggested ways that kids could start today in helping protect the environment. I read this with my cubs and they all enjoyed it. My only qualm, as is the case with anything involving global warming, is the lack of mention that global warming and cooling are normal. Not just on a small scale either, but cycles encompassing thousands and thousands of years. Our ancestors went through a global cooling, then a global warming, with the last Ice Age, and the end of that Ice Age. Go further back and you'll find warming periods with almost no ice caps or glaciers. Yes, humans need to be responsible custodians of the planet, but we need not bear the full brunt of blame for the current warming cycle. Anyhoo…. Recommended for classroom reading or for the youngster with a love for the ocean or interest in environmental responsibility.

***Many thanks to the Netgalley and Orca Book Publishers for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
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PardaMustang | Nov 25, 2018 |
This is an outstanding book with interesting multi-dimensional characters that I came to care about so much that the book brought me close to tears many times. It was very moving and felt so real. The old growth forest also became a living character in the book, as the author brought it very much to life and made us care what happened to it, without being preachy or one-sided.

The book's main character, Faye, is a research biologist who works high in the rain forest canopy looking for tiny life forms that are newly discovered and don't live anywhere else. She also happens to be a dwarf, with all of the hardships and prejudice that growing up as a "little person" entails, and a big chip on her shoulder to boot. While doing research with her assistant in a protected park in British Columbia on Vancouver Island, a ragtag bunch of logging protesters arrive and disrupt their life. Faye comes to realize she can't trust the logging company as much as she thought. Tragedy ensues and Faye's life is forever changed.

Read this book for the moving human drama, the real characters, and the multitude of information about the value of old growth forests and the tragedy of clear-cutting to the animals that live there, and to the world and ultimately to all of us. Truly unforgettable.
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Scrabblenut | Jul 22, 2010 |

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