Two children must risk everything to escape their fate and find the impossible . . . bold adventure, timely climate change themes and breathtaking writing, from award-winning author Sita Brahmachari. Extremely ravaged by the hurricane Kronos, the city of Kairo is not the same anymore. Bees have vanished and pollination can only be carried out artificially through hands for which children are enforced to work on the fields.

I feel like by the end, it might be easy for some young readers to misunderstand the full extent of the crimes committed by the Freedom Fields organisation. It would be easy to miss that they lied to the population to make the natural world a commodity and that they restricted access to nature to control people and to break moral.

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Shifa and Themba are just wonderful children who have made a lasting impression on me. They have an incredibly close bond and clearly adore each other: it is their love for each other that helps them survive. Shifa is kind-hearted, resilient and loving, but she also questions the society into which she has been born. Themba is artistic, impulsive and trusting, but also vulnerable. It is this vulnerability which gives his fiercely protective sister the strength, courage and determination to make an impossibly difficult decision. A decision which leads them on a terrifying journey, but also one of new discoveries, new friendships and perhaps towards hope of a new way of life. Celebrations include various events coordinated globally by earthday.org. Around 1 billion people in more than 193 countries take part. My Social Justice Recipe By... Ingredients needed: Eg. 250g of Kindness.... A pinch of. 2 table spoons of.. 150ml of A good helping of.. 2 cans of..

Upon finishing this book, I was speechless and completely emotional. I had just finished my favourite book of all time and I didn't want it to be over. Want to engage your pupils with the crisis without scaring them? Try these ideas from Nicola Penfold to show children the happy side of environmentalism… 1. Find relevant books Shifa and her brother Themba live with their dad in Kairos City, on a future Earth decimated by climate change. Families sign their rights away to the Freedom Fields organisation that claims to look after them as long as they opt in. The narration is vivid and haunting, leaving us to imagine the worst case scenario of an apocalypse which might drive us all beyond the edge of reasoning. The characters are deep-seated and almost instantly relatable. Trigger warnings: bullying, near death experience in a river, child labour, death of a child, death of a friend in a riverFor younger children, there’s a raft of picture books about protecting nature and plastic in the ocean, etc. The concept of freedom is also explored. Are you truly free if you don’t belong anywhere and don’t care about anyone? Can freedom be taken away if you have the love of your family in your heart? Can apparent freedom be nothing more than a façade? This theme is explored beautifully through the difficult and heartfelt relationship between Shifa and Luca, an orphan taken in by the ARK. Is he the enemy he appears, or just as much a victim as the other children? Two children must risk everything to escape their fate and find the impossible...bold adventure, timely climate change themes and breathtaking writing, from award-winning author Sita Brahmachari.