Golden Kite Award winner
Green Earth Book Award winner
The Twenty-One
The True Story of the Youth who Sued the
U.S. Government over Climate Change
Drought is driving Jaime off her native land.
Isaac, Sahara, Miriam and Aji gasp for breath as wildfire smoke fills the air.
And 8-year-old Levi’s home will be swallowed up by rising seas in his lifetime.
The U.S. government knew all this would happen and did nothing about it. Worse, they actively contributed to the problem. Young people have no vote, no voice. So, these 21 felt they had no choice. They sued the federal government. It’s the future suing the present. It’s an on-going landmark legal battle that could end the climate crisis. It’s Juliana v. United States.
Join award-winning author Elizabeth Rusch on a gripping journey through America’s courts that just might transform how you think about climate change.
"Must-read"
– People magazine
“Nail-biting…
A moving and
absorbing account
of an urgent case.”
– Kirkus, starred review
“Action-packed…vivid…inspiring”
– Booklist, starred review
"Compelling and timely...empowering"
– Horn Book
Junior Library Guild
Gold Standard Selection
Elizabeth Rusch writes propulsive stories both true and fictional on topics as diverse as democracy and dog heroes, climate change and color, art and equal pay. Her writings on vital, high-interest topics pose essential questions and celebrate human ingenuity and the power of collective action.
A skilled and enthusiastic generalist, Rusch writes both fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. She is the award-winning author of more than 25 books for young readers, which have received multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Horn Book, Booklist, School Library Journal, and the BCCB, among others. Her work has won the Golden Kite Award, the Subaru Prize for science writing, the Cook Prize, the Green Earth Award, the Oregon Book Award, and the Oregon Spirit Award and has landed on many notable and best of the year lists produced by ALA, NCTE, NSTA, Bank Street College of Education, Kirkus, SLJ, NBC News and the New York and Chicago Public Libraries.
Rusch has also written more than a hundred articles for adults in publications such as the New York Times, Smithsonian, Harper's, Parenting, Working Mother, Backpacker, American Craft, Mother Jones, and Portland Monthly, among others.
Media-trained, Rusch has appeared on TV nationally (Discovery Channel, Fox News Now, ABC10, The World According to Jesse, The List TV) and internationally (Ticker TV in Australia and China Global Television Network, which airs in 30 countries). She has been a guest on numerous podcasts and radio shows including Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud.
Rusch is represented by the speakers’ bureau Authors Unbound and presents and holds workshops at schools, colleges, libraries and many other settings around the country and the world. She also offers creative retreats from her beach house on the Oregon Coast.
Learn more at secondstoryretreats.com.
Elizabeth Rusch
NEW
All About Noticing series
“I would recommend this to parents and educators who want to teach their kids...in a much deeper way than you typically see presented...also thought-provoking and eye-opening for many adults.”
--goodreads five star review
Read the inspiring tale of the
U.S. Women's National Team's
battle for victory on the soccer field and equality in their paycheck.
YALSA Award Finalist
Horn Book Fanfare Best Book
Booklist Editor's Choice
“Lively”
—Horn Book, starred review
"Thrilling"
--Kirkus
“Engaging”
—Booklist, starred review
