{"id":9069030047981,"title":"Onward","handle":"onward","description":"\u003ch6\u003eComing February 24, 2026. Pre-order today!\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eOnward\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e16 Climate Fiction Short Stories to Inspire Hope\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/nora-shalaway-carpenter\"\u003eNora Shalaway Carpenter\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll-star authors take on the climate crisis with courage and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShayta cares for a tiny green plant in a futuristic world where Earth has become a barren, over-farmed landscape fraught with dirt storms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHana and her father travel by catamaran to the farthest place from land in the entire world—only to discover a giant, floating carcass of trash and a few other surprises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam and his family want to protect an endangered fish from a potential dam on a river that’s flowed through their land for generations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This inspiring collection of sixteen short stories is packed with fascinating characters and settings that illuminate current and possible changes to our planet and how humanity responds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Included here is prose, verse, and personal essays from a star-studded cast of authors diverse in ethnic background, geographic location, and socioeconomic status. 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Her debut YA novel \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Anything\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Bank Street Best Book, a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book, and A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/nora-shalaway-carpenter\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Nora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eA gathering of 16 short stories exploring climate change through a broad variety of perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis climate fiction anthology addresses the “severe anxiety over ecological devastation and disasters” experienced by “Gen Dread,” a term coined by Dr. Britt Wray, a researcher in climate change and mental health. The diverse contributors address readers through entries that include realistic, historical, and speculative fiction as well as a personal essay and explore water, trash, ecology, land use, climate disasters, flora and fauna, and more. Together, they convey both a slice-of-life quality and a feeling of urgency. Optimism blossoms in Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The Care and Feeding of Mother,” which is set in a futuristic, over-farmed, storm-battered world. Extinction takes center stage in the midst of student government elections in “The Manatee Is Not a Meme” by Gloria Muñoz. Jeff Zentner’s “Tellico Lake,” written in verse, is a powerful retelling of history reshaped by a dam. Many of the pieces will linger with readers. In Karina Iceberg’s “Worldfall,” the prose crackles as wildfires blaze. In “The Divining,” by Kim Johnson, water diviners find hope in both stories and water. 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And “Critobis,” by Aya de Leon, is a searing story of remembrance and survival set in a landscape reshaped by rising oceans. A QR code takes readers to general resources that help with action, inspiration, and mental health support, as well as materials connected to each story.\u003cbr\u003e\nA powerful look at a shifting world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging collection of poems, short stories, and an essay, climate change is explored in ways that are meant to inspire hope rather than despair, encouraging readers toward activism and a resistance against the rapid destruction and consumption of Earth’s resources. 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