{"product_id":"9781444951936","title":"Global : a graphic novel adventure about hope in the face of climate change","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Colfer, Eoin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFor National Curriculum Key Stage 2\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 11 April 2024 by Hachette Children's Group (Hodder Children's Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e170 x 260 x 16 | 482g\u003cp\u003eThis is a powerful, hopeful and timely story about the real effects of climate change: two young people on different continents whose lives are catastrophically changed by global warming. A graphic novel with glorious colour artwork throughout for children of all ages - from Eoin Colfer, previously Irish Children's Laureate, and the team behind Illegal, and his bestselling Artemis Fowl graphic novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuki lives in an increasingly deserted Inuit township in Nova Scotia. One day she sets out into the wilderness of the Arctic tundra planning to photograph a rare grolar bear (a terrifying grizzly-polar crossbreed created by climate change) - if she can prove it's a grolar, she can protect it from being shot. With only her faithful dog for company and adrift on a fragment of melting glacier, she finds herself being stalked across the changing wilderness by a starving grolar bear, with only her wits and her harpoon to keep her alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSami lives in a fishing village on the Bay of Bengal. But because of the ever-rising ocean level, each day is a struggle to survive. One night, Sami sets out to return to his old, submerged family home, alone. He takes a deep breath and dives beneath the moonlit waters, hoping to find his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut a cyclone is coming ... Illustrated by the talented Giovanni Rigano, this moving and important graphic novel will have breathtaking full-colour illustrations throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colfer, Eoin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53524621492408,"sku":"9781444951936","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781444951936.jpg?v=1780059445","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781444951936","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}