The Most Important Comic Book on Earth | Rewriting Extinction
"Storytelling is our most ancient and powerful…
The Memory of Water | Emmi Itäranta
Set in an uncanny dystopian future, this speculative fiction…
June 23, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperThe Emissary | Yoko Tawada
Acclaimed Japanese author Yoko Tawada delivers a slim, smart,…
July 18, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperThe Marrow Thieves | Cherie Dimaline
In a dystopian future world, the indigenous people of North…
June 23, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperGreen Rising | Lauren James
In a near-future world rocked by the effects of the climate…
November 1, 2024/by Liz JensenThe Climate-Conscious Writers Handbook | ed. Wren James
June 25, 2025/by Liz JensenNature’s Confession | JL Morin
An exciting, fast-paced thriller with an ecological message…
July 13, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperThe Lost Whale | Hannah Gold
In this enchanting children’s novel, Rio has been…
Not the End of the World | Geraldine McCaughrean
The story of Noah’s Ark gets a cli-fi reworking in this work…
July 13, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperSnow | Gina Inverarity
This clever retelling of Snow White takes place in a land of…
June 23, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperThe Joyful Environmentalist | Isabel Losada
The Joyful Environmentalist is very much an XR book, with…
May 16, 2023/by KatieAmanda the Teen Activist: Feathers & Freedom | Catherine Kelaher
Can one girl and her friends save the lives of hundreds of…
April 23, 2024/by sandywRing of Bright Water | Gavin Maxwell
YA readers looking for real-life examples of humans living…
July 14, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperThe Blue Book of Nebo | Manon Steffan Ros
Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018; when…
The Girl Who Broke The Sea | A. Connors
Part thriller, part sci-fi, this exhilarating Young…
Dirt | Laura Baggaley
In the near future, global food supply chains have…
City of the Beasts | Isabel Allende
Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende’s first YA novel takes…
June 23, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperThe Carbon Diaries 2015 | Saci Lloyd
It's January 1st, 2015, and the UK is the first nation to…
February 7, 2023/by KatieThe Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here | Hope Jahren
Degrowth 101 for young adults, The Story of More takes readers…
July 18, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperZahrah and the Windseeker | Nnedi Okorafor
A coming of age tale where a young 13 year-old girl…
Earthlings | Ray Star
What would the world be like if the species hierarchy imposed…
January 12, 2025/by Liz JensenExodus | Julie Bertagna
The year is 2100 and fifteen-year-old Mara’s island is in…
July 14, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperDon’t Call Me A Hurricane | Ellen Hagan
Five years after a hurricane tore through her Jersey…
Fighting in a World on Fire: The Next Generation’s Guide to Protecting the Climate and Saving Our Future | Andreas Malm
Young people are inheriting a world of climate catastrophe.…
Hoot | Carl Hiaasen
This beloved modern classic is an adventure about a new kid…
June 21, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperFoxlight | Katya Balen
Winner of the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Children’s…
The Word for World is Forest | Ursula K. LeGuin
You’re never too young to start reading Ursula K. LeGuin.…
June 21, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperThe World According To Anna | Jostein Gaarder
Fifteen-year-old Anna has begun receiving terrifying visions,…
July 14, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperBreathe | Sarah Crossan
In a world with no air, if you want to breathe, you have to…
June 21, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperThe Illustrated World Encyclopaedia of Insects: A Natural History and Identification Guide to Beetles, Flies, Bees Wasps, Springtails, Mayflies and Many More | Martin Walters
This beautifully illustrated book provides an overview…
The Last Wild | Piers Torday
Think sci-fi Roald Dahl. Kester Jaynes has just found out that…
June 21, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperA Year of Nature Poems | Joseph Coelho
This collection of nature poems makes a perfect gift for the…
July 13, 2023/by Anne Enith CooperLooking for something you can’t find here? Contact our Librarian if you’re looking for something specific, or an educational book list to support teaching about climate change.
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