Mandalay Hawk's Dilemma: The United States of Anthropocene is a middle-grade novel for our troubled and overheated times.
Set in 2030, the book is about a 13-year-old girl's effort to save the world from global warming.
The story unwinds in 2030 as The Biiiig Heat , the new global warming, is suffocating and swamping earth, causing death, destruction and mayhem like never before.
New York City is partially under water ( permanently! ), a flash forest fire has wiped out the Bronx Zoo, a hail storm kills dozens, hurricanes kill thousands, and it's broiling in winter, aka dumberbummersummer .
The only choice is KRAAP - KIDS REVOLT AGAINST ADULT POWER.
Adults screwed up, Mandalay Hawk and her pals have to fix the problem.
There's a march on Washington unlike any other.
There's cat and mouse with hundreds of armed soldiers.
And then there's rapping in the Oval Office to a captive president.
With five billion people watching, these kids aren't leaving until they get what they want.
It's a middle-grade novel for kids who care about the future.
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