Slick
Sara Cassidy
Kinder- und Jugendbücher / Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
Beschreibung
Liza, determined to prove that her mother's boyfriend is no good, starts researching the oil company he works for.
Liza discovers a lawsuit against the company for compensation that is long overdue to Guatemalan farmers. She starts a group at school called GRRR! (Girls for Renewable Resources, Really!) and launches an attack on Argenta Oil. As her activism activities increase, her objections to her mother's boyfriend become political. She is learning to separate the personal from the political, but when her mother discovers her plans for a demonstration outside the Argenta Oil head office, the two collide in ways Liza least suspected.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Kundenbewertungen
high-low, low readability, parents divorce, child activist, ELL, protests, realistic fiction, hi-lo, contemporary fiction, environment, oil industry, English as a second language, human rights, EAL, struggling readers, family issues, low reading level, ESL, English language learners, sustainability, high interest, reading strategies, activism, reluctant readers