Children's Nonfiction Media Studies
Plastics Dependency
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2020
- Category
- Media Studies, General, Environmental Conservation & Protection
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780778772743
- Publish Date
- Mar 2020
- List Price
- $29.36
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780778772798
- Publish Date
- Mar 2020
- List Price
- $10.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 10 to 11
- Grade: 5 to 6
Description
We use it every day in products as varied as prescription drugs, toys, and toothbrushes. In less than a century, plastics have become integral to our daily lives. But plastic waste also clogs Earth’s oceans and other water bodies. Research has shown that microplastics have even accumulated in our bodies. This timely book investigates our increasingly problematic use of plastics in all areas of our lives and how our attempts to curb use and mitigate the harm of plastics are not working fast enough.
About the author
Natalie Hyde writes fiction and non-fiction for middle-grade and young adult readers. Her fiction titles include Mine!, Saving Armpit, I Owe You One and Hockey Girl. She is also the author of over forty educational non-fiction books, as well as trade non-fiction titles: Cryptic Canada, Glow-in-the-Dark Creatures and Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo to Canada. Her books have garnered award nominations in both Canada and the U.S. She lives in Flamborough, Ontario, with her family.
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