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Save the People!: Halting Human Extinction



by
Stacy McAnulty
illustrated by
Nicole Miles

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Imprint
Little, Brown BFYR
ISBN
9780759553941
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War , Language: Grotesque/Disturbing Imagery
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Stacy McAnulty, the bestselling author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl and the Our Universe series delivers an action-packed look at past extinction and current threats to humanity's survival -- with the ultimately reassuring message that humans probably have a few more millennia in us.

Scientists estimate that 99% of all species that have ever existed are now extinct. Whoa. So, it's not unreasonable to predict humans are doomed to become fossil records as well. But what could lead to our demise? Supervolcanos? Asteroids? The sun going dark? Climate change? All the above?!

Humans—with our big brains, opposable thumbs, and speedy Wi-Fi—may be capable of avoiding most of these nightmares. (The T. rex would be super jealous of our satellites.) But we're also capable of triggering world-ending events. Learning from past catastrophes may be the best way to avoid future disasters.

Packed with science, jokes, and black and white illustrations, Save the People! examines the worst-case scenarios that could (but hopefully won’t) cause the greatest mass extinction—our own.

“Dear Potential Reader.” “Homo Sapiens To-Do List.” “Dear Brave Reader.” Glossary. Selected bibliography. Source notes. Index. Black-and-white illustrations. 

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War , Language: Grotesque/Disturbing Imagery

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

256

Trim Size

7 3/4" x 5 1/2"

Dewey

576.8

AR

7.1: points 6

Genre

Nonfic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Jul 2022

Book Genres

Narrative Nonfiction

Topics

Extinction (biology). Mass extinctions. Effect of environment on human beings. Effect of climate on human beings. Effect of human beings on nature. Human ecology. Disasters. Human evolution. Climate change. 

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