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Save the People!: Halting Human Extinction

Stacy McAnulty

Illustrator: Nicole Miles

Ages: 12+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Little, Brown BFYR/Hachette

ISBN: 978-0-7595-5394-1

Keywords: climate change, environmental disasters, extinction (biology), mass extinctions, human beings--effect of environment on, human beings--effect of climate on, war, natural disasters

Take a whirlwind journey through the history of planet Earth, concluding with today's climate emergency and presenting actions to take right now. Engaging black-and-white drawings. Extensive back matter.