Kleeman, Alexandra
Summary: "East-coast novelist Patrick Hamlin has come to Hollywood with simple goals in mind: overseeing the production of a film adaptation of one of his books, preventing starlet Cassidy Carter's disruptive behavior from derailing said production, and turning this last-ditch effort at career resuscitation into the sort of success that will dazzle his wife and daughter back home. But California is not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLESummary: "Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation is the first anthology to broadly collect solarpunk short fiction, artwork, and poetry. A new genre for the 21st Century, solarpunk is a revolution against despair. Focusing on solutions to environmental disasters, solarpunk envisions a future of green, sustainable energy used by societies that value inclusiveness, cooperation, and personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Upper Rubber Boot Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SUNFuller Googins, Nick
Summary: "A hopeful climate crisis novel exploring the possibilities of our near future and humanity's capacity for change, about one family trying to protect each other and the place we all call home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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Summary: When she sees a beached whale that has starved to death after ingesting plastic, a young girl named Isley is inspired to adopt a plastic-free lifestyle, encouraging her family to join her. When people start falling back into old habits, Isley builds a plastic sculpture of a whale that inspires lasting change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press 2021
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Summary: "Set in New York City after the melting of the polar ice caps, an independent loner along with his cat and only friend, navigates the flooded city as he tries to live another day. Each morning he sails in search of food, crossing paths with others from this makeshift community--from outsiders like himself to the depraved and ruthless elite--all struggling to maintain a sense of normalcy in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berger Books, an imprint of Dark Horse Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC ROMCartaya, Pablo
Summary: In a future shaken by climate disasters, Yolanda Cicerón knows that nature is something to be feared. From the crops that don't grow to the terrifying creatures that roam the countryside, Yoly's life in the Valley is brutal and harsh. She dreams of leaving her farm to live in Silo--the most advanced town for miles around. But first, Yoly will need to prove she belongs in a place where only the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CARGear, Kathleen O'Neal
Summary: In the brutal Ice Age caused by the ancient Jemen war, many archaic human species, including Denisovans and Homo erectus, hover on the verge of extinction. There seems no way out, until the greatest Neanderthal holy man, Trogon, has a vision. Legends say the truce that ended the old war left one hostage in the hands of the victorious rebels: the god-like Jemen leader, known as the Old Woman of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEAGratz, Alan
Summary: California: Akira Kristiansen is driving through the mountains with her mom when a wildfire sparks-- and in just moments, Akira and her family have to evacuate. But which way is safe with fire all around them? Churchill, Manitoba: Owen Mackenzie is running a tour for travelers who have come to see the polar bears. When Owen and his friend George see a bear too close for comfort, they end up in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction GratzNguyen, Trang
Summary: "A young conservationist overcomes the odds to return a sun bear to its natural habitat"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NGUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NGUDalton, Julie Carrick
Summary: "Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper is a celebration of found family, an exploration of truth versus power, and the triumph of hope in the face of despair. "Fans of Delia Owens will swoon to find their new favorite author." (Hank Phillippi Ryan) It's been more than a decade since the world has come undone, and Sasha Severn has returned to her childhood home with one goal in mind-find the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEFitzgerald, María José
Summary: Twelve-year-olds Barana and Abby come together to solve a sea turtle egg poaching mystery plaguing Barana's Honduran coastal village, and learn the true meaning of friendship, courage, and community along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: "On the never-ending, miles-high expanse of prairie grasses known as the Forever Sea, Kindred Greyreach, hearthfire keeper and sailor aboard harvesting vessel The Errant, is just beginning to fit in with the crew of her new ship when she receives devastating news. Her grandmother - The Marchess, legendary captain and hearthfire keeper - has stepped from her vessel and disappeared into the sea....
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JOHLewis, Cliff
Summary: "An anxious, asthmatic boy gets recruited by a girl from the future to launch a climate strike big enough to rewrite history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jolly Fish Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWLiljestrand, Jens
Summary: Even when the climate crisis escalates beyond our worst nightmares and people become refugees, the world keeps turning and life carries on as usual: teenaged love stories, marital collapses, identity crises, and revolts against hopeless parents continue to play out. Didrik is a forty-year-old media consultant whose misguided efforts to become the family hero render him a pathetic vision of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scout Press 2023
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2 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC LILMarkley, Stephen
Summary: In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics. In California in 2013, Tony Pietrus, a scientist studying deposits of undersea methane, receives a death threat. His fate will become bound to a stunning cast of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC MARSelznick, Brian
Summary: "Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SELMarkley, Stephen
Summary: In 2013 California, environmental scientist Tony Pietrus, after receiving a death threat, is linked to a colorful cast of characters, including a brazen young activist who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARApplegate, Katherine
Summary: When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2021
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Summary: In rural West Virginia, anti-fracking teen Viv discovers an ability to sense forests' energy, a power that becomes heightened the more she interacts with Dex, the new boy in town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Teens 2023
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Summary: A mother and midwife inadvertently threatens the fortunes and livelihoods of her family and their neighbors after noticing an increase in local miscarriages and believes it's caused by the pesticides used by the Sanderson Timber Company, her husband's employer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DAVEngle, Margarita
Summary: When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ENGJackson, Sarah K.
Summary: Five years ago, a microplastic storm wiped out most of the population. No infrastructure. No safe havens. No goodbyes. Since then, Katie and Harry have lived in isolation in their small flat outside London. Katie forages, hunts the surviving animal population, and provides for Harry, who was born after the Storm, and who has never left their little home. After years without human contact, Katie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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Summary: "Hello, stars. I thought I heard you calling me." A mysterious voice has been speaking to Louise in her dreams. She and her brother Merwin are Sycamore seeds, who hope to one day set down roots and become big trees. But when a fire forces them to leave their mama tree prematurely, they find themselves catapulted into the unknown, far from home. Alone and unprepared, they must use their wits and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023