No Time To Waste (ECO WARRIORS)

No Time To Waste (ECO WARRIORS)

* First Place, Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction, Chanticleer Book Awards * Bronze, Children's 4th-6th, Readers' Favorite * Recommended Reading List, Green Earth Book Awards, The Nature Generation * Finalist, National Indie Excellence Awards * Silver, Juvenile Fiction, Science & Nature, The BookFest * Silver, Middle Grade Fiction, Nautilus Book Award * Runner Up, Nature/Animals, Southern California Book Festival The exciting second installment in the award-winning Eco Warriors series will transform readers’ eco-anxiety into eco-action, inspiring a new generation of youth activists. Fresh from their Arctic adventure of saving polar bears, eleven-year-old twins Sydney and Sierra visit a sea kelp habitat off the coast of California. While scuba diving, Sydney meets her animal contact, a sea otter named Sunny, who enlists Sydney’s help. Ocean plastic pollution has entangled another otter, and it needs to be rescued. Even if the girls are able to release the otter from its plastic prison, there’s a much greater threat in the ocean. Together, they’ll have to use all of their wits, ingenuity, and determination to somehow help their animal friends. But as they try and fail again and again, Sydney has a sinking feeling that she’s in over her head. One thing is clear: there’s literally no time to waste. No Time To Waste takes young readers on an enthralling oceanic odyssey. Author Carolyn Armstrong tells a captivating tale with an increasingly relevant message about plastic pollution and marine life conservation. The book features eleven-year-old twin sisters as the main characters, alongside some quirky and immensely adorable sea creatures, including a few otters and a gigantic blue whale that animal lovers are bound to enjoy. Sydney and Sierra have distinct personalities and strengths, and they use these to cover for each other and complete their missions. Young readers will definitely relate to them, and they will find the twins' determination to work toward saving the oceans inspirational. Books like these are a must-read for kids nowadays with the growing challenge of climate change and environmental pollution. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and can't recommend it highly enough. --Pikasho Deka, 5-star review for Readers' Favorite® "The dynamics of twin sisters with contrasting personalities, nosy parents, new content-specific vocabulary, and imminent danger will keep readers on the edge of their seats and, by the end, convert them into allies of ocean conservation." -Bibi Belford, Christopher award-winning author of Crossing the Line , Canned and Crushed , and Another D for DeeDee ( Kirkus Star). "Armstrong does a great job educating readers about the plastic pollution problem, both its source and its scope...and this is where No Time to Waste really shines." -Deb Aronson, author of two non-fiction tales: Alexandra the Great: The Story of the Record-Breaking Filly Who Ruled the Racetrack and How To Raise a Rhino. " No Time to Waste is an engaging, exciting, and educational book for kids who love animals and are concerned about the environment. Filled with vivid descriptions, relatable family dynamics, and compelling facts, it immerses the reader in Sydney's story as she learns about the ocean pollution crisis and—perhaps most importantly—gives readers hope for the future." - Wendy Parris, author of Field of Screams and Stage Fright "Readers won't realize how much they're learning as they follow the sisters in and out of the water, super-sleuthing the ocean's plastic problem." ~Wisconsin Writers Association "From her lively descriptions to her way of breaking down complex problems so a young person can understand, to her winning sense of humor, Armstrong's prose is a delight." --The BookLife Prize "A great book to raise awareness of the way plastic trash impacts our oceans and marine wildlife." --Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics