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Gr 6-10 In this ecological comedy, Michael, 16, is spending the summer in Vermont with his grandparents' old friends from the 1960s and working as an intern for their magazine, The Earth's Wife. Walt and Nora are famous for their pro-environmental beliefs. They don't eat meat or use air-conditioning, they ride bikes to work, are obsessed with composting toilets, and try to reuse old junk. Michael is a bit freaked by all this. However, his alternative is to stay at home c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Count on Gauthier to poke fun at some of our sacred cows. In previous work she has taken on education (My Year with Butch and Spike) and the ideal American family (My Life among the Aliens; Club Earth); here her target is the environmental movement—with a few pokes aimed at American popular culture. Sixteen-year-old Michael Racine finds himself without anything to do for the summer. His landscaping job has self-destructed along with his errant uncle's business, and his friends have glamorous summer jobs...Log In or Sign Up to Read More