Poisoned water : how the citizens of Flint, Michigan, fought for their lives and warned the nation

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Label

Poisoned water : how the citizens of Flint, Michigan, fought for their lives and warned the nation

Title remainder

how the citizens of Flint, Michigan, fought for their lives and warned the nation

Statement of responsibility

Candy J Cooper with Marc Aronson

Creator

• trueCooper, Candy J., 1955-

Contributor

• trueAronson, Marc

Author

• trueCooper, Candy J., 1955-
• trueAronson, Marc

Subject

• Drinking water -- Lead content -- Michigan | Flint -- Young adult literature
• Flint (Mich.) -- History -- 21st century -- Young adult literature
• trueFlint, Michigan
• trueLead contamination
• trueLead in drinking water -- Health hazards
• trueLead poisoning
• Lead poisoning -- Michigan | Flint -- Young adult literature
• truePolitical obligation
• truePublic health
• trueRacism
• trueWater quality management
• Water quality management -- Michigan | Flint -- Young adult literature
• trueWater-supply
• trueDrinking water

Genre

• Young adult literature

Language

eng

Summary

Flint, Michigan had been built up, then abandoned, by General Motors. In 2014, as part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke out in rashes. Children stopped growing. Some people were hospitalized with mysterious illnesses; others died. Despite the murky, foul-smelling liquid pouring from the city's faucets, officials refused to listen. Through interviews with residents and intensive research into legal records and news accounts, Cooper and Aronson show not just how the crisis unfolded, but also the history of racism and segregation that led up to it, and how the people of Flint fought-- and are still fighting-- for clean water and healthy lives

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing
• trueComprehensive
• trueEasy-to-understand

Illustration

• truePhotographic

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2021.
• School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Books, 2020.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

615.9/25688

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Grades 10-12

Intended audience source

Bloomsbury Children's Books

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 12

Target audience

adolescent