HAVEN JACOBS SAVES THE PLANET by Barbara Dee

 

When Haven Jacobs watches a video about endangered penguins, it triggers what she later learns is eco-anxiety. Haven can't stop thinking about climate change, pollution, and all the things destroying the planet. It seems like she's the only one who cares. Why aren't adults worried about this? Why aren't they doing something?

Haven sees her chance to do something when her science teacher introduces a new project that involves studying the health of the local river. Water movement, water purity, macros, and other river life are just some of the things Haven and her classmates observe and study. When their recorded findings show dangerous differences from previous science class results, Haven steps up to bring the conditions to the attention of the town.

What Haven discovers is that sometimes an attempt to fix a problem can lead to even more problems. Her desire to help the planet could cost her father his job and even the friendships and acceptance of some of her classmates. She'll have to decide what she is willing to sacrifice to make the changes she knows are necessary.

Author Barbara Dee tackles a topic we should all be more concerned about. HAVEN JACOBS SAVES THE PLANET makes climate change an approachable subject within an entertaining story. Attention teachers! Anyone looking for a good book to use as a STEM project? Read it in an ELA class and collaborate with science and social studies and more!