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Earth Changes, Habit Changes (3 of 4)

Buried In Print2021-07-28T14:28:02-04:00

The climate crisis erupts regularly in my reading, in unexpected ways. In Natsumi Hoshino’s manga series for children, Plum Crazy, named for the household’s first cat, even the cats heard a news report and pawed at the light switches to reduce their energy consumption. (My laugh came out more

Earth Changes, Habit Changes (3 of 4)Buried In Print2021-07-28T14:28:02-04:00

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Page Turners: Thieves, Bombs, Predators, Gunshots, and Oil Spills

Buried In Print2017-12-12T12:09:52-05:00

In which pages are turned, at a faster rate than usual. Character-soaked, but still fast-paced storytelling. Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves (2017) is set in a future in which the dominant culture has determined that the blood of indigenous peoples holds an inherent value for healing. Exploitation and genocide ensue. This

Page Turners: Thieves, Bombs, Predators, Gunshots, and Oil SpillsBuried In Print2017-12-12T12:09:52-05:00