by Michelle Kadarusman
First sentence: “In 2003, a leatherback turtle traveled from a remote island chain in Indonesia to the Oregon coast in the western United States of America.”
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Review copy provided by the publisher.
Content: The chapters are short, and pretty easy to comprehend I read this book for the Cybils, and this reflects my opinion and not that of the whole panel.
This book is a series of short stories connected because they are all set on islands, with mentions of turtles. They are all environmental in nature, either with concerns about climate change or how to better live on the land. They range around the world – from children in Canada and the US to Indonesia and Australia. The stories were pretty simple, most only a few pages long. I liked that there was a book addressing the environmental concerns of children this age, though I do wish the stories were longer and delved more deeply into the issues that were brought up. I liked the diversity in the book, and I did appreciate that most chapters had a land acknowledgment before them. I just wish there was more to it.