EAN: 9781406384673

GREEN RISING - LAUREN JAMES KARTONIERT (TB)

¿A whip-smart tale that asks big  bold questions of how we can save the planet.¿ Laura Lam¿A
smart  brilliantly realized call to arms.¿ The Observer ¿Frighteningly clever and richly
imagined.¿ Laura Wood  author of A Sky Painted Gold In a climate catastrophe ... resistance is
taking root. Gabrielle is a climate-change activist who shoots to fame when she becomes the
first teenager to display a supernatural ability to grow plants from her skin. Hester is the
millionaire daughter of an oil tycoon and the face of the family business. Theo comes from a
long line of fishermen  but his parents are struggling to make ends meet. On the face of it 
the three have very little in common. Yet when Hester and Theo join Gabrielle and legions of
other teenagers around the world in developing the strange new Greenfingers power  it becomes
clear that to use their ability for good  they'll need to learn to work together. As they
navigate first love and family expectations  can the three teenagers pull off the ultimate
heist and bring about a green rising? PRAISE FOR GREEN RISING ¿Smart and sharp and witty and
fun.¿ Stephanie Burgis  author of The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart ¿Creatively confronts the
doomsday narrative so often associated with climate change and offers hope through the message
that young people can work together to find solutions.¿ The School Librarian ¿Inventive 
gripping  and ultimately hopeful¿ [A] fantastic tale bursting with a diverse range of intrepid
teenagers  coming-of-age themes.¿ BookTrust ¿Effortlessly mixes magic and science with strong 
likeable characters and a smart plot.¿ Hannah Gold  author of The Last Bear

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