Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet

About the Book:

Seventh grader Haven is obsessed with climate change—so obsessed that she has what’s called “eco-anxiety.” Not only is Haven doom-scrolling compulsively, she’s also inattentive in class, not sleeping, biting her nails to nubs as she worries about catastrophic weather events and the worldwide disappearance of honeybees and frogs. An empathetic social studies teacher suggests that Haven focus on something local and specific where she can make a difference. So when Haven’s science class begins a study of a local river, she channels her eco-anxiety into a mission to save the water from pollution she believes is being caused by the town’s new glass factory—where her own dad works. Can Haven save the river–and maybe even make a difference to the planet too?

From the acclaimed author of MAYBE HE JUST LIKES YOU and VIOLETS ARE BLUE comes an engaging and hopeful novel about the most challenging issue of our lifetime.

Honors and Lists:

• School Library Journal’s Best Middle Grade Books 2022

Press:

• Nerdy Book Club: Cover Reveal for Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet
• School Library Journal: 2 Middle Grade Novels That Explore Climate Change in Different Ways
• One of SLJ’s 24 Audiobooks to Encourage Ongoing Activism and Social Justice
• Kirkus’s Five Books to Help Kids Face Our Frightening World
• Read my guest post (The Toughest “Tough Topic” of All) on SLJ.com’s Teen Librarian Toolbox
• Read my guest post (The Sound of Middle Grade: Getting the Voice) in Cynsations