Save the people! : halting human extinction / Stacy McAnulty ; with art by Nicole Miles.
"A book for middle-school-aged children about previous extinctions and possible threats to humans, from volcanoes, to asteroids, to pollution and diseases"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780759553941
- ISBN: 0759553947
- Physical Description: ix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-239) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Earth : a very brief history -- Mass extinctions : the first four of five -- Mass extinctions, continued : the fifth one got the dinosaurs -- Homo sapiens : not the only humans -- DNA bottleneck : that time humans almost went extinct -- Asteroids : incominggggg! -- Supervolcanoes : the blast from below -- Disease : teeny tiny threats like bacteria and viruses -- Over population : we live here, we eat here-until we don't! -- War : the ultimate self-destruct button -- Sun : we're gonna need stronger SPF -- Outer space : supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, aliens -- Global warming : who turned up the heat? -- 1.5°C to 2° C : just a wee bit warmer -- We're doomed (JK, how to save the planet people). |
Target Audience Note: | Ages: 8-12 Little, Brown and Company. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 6 517351. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Carthage Public.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Carthage Public Library | J McAnulty, Stacy (Text) | 34MO2001811468 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |