Before We Go Extinct

Before We Go Extinct
Author: Karen Rivers
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016-06-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0374302456

Grief can sometimes feel like being caught in the jaws of a great white shark. J.C., who goes by the nickname Sharky, has been having a hard time ever since his best friend died in front of him in what might or might not have been an accident. Shell-shocked, Sharky spends countless hours holed up in his room, obsessively watching documentaries about sharks and climate change—and texting his dead friend. Hoping a change of location will help, Sharky’s mom sends him to visit his dad on a remote island in Canada. There, Sharky meets a girl who just may show him how to live—and love—again.

Before We Go Extinct

Before We Go Extinct
Author: Karen Rivers
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016-06-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0374302405

After Sharkey's best friend commits suicide (or was it an accident?) in front of him, he spends the summer processing his grief on an abandoned beach resort island where his dad is the caretaker.

Before WE Become Extinct

Before WE Become Extinct
Author: William Brawner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2008-07-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1435744233

Our world, the planet Earth, needs our help, desperately, if she is to allow the human race to survive and thrive; to reach whatever levels of social, economic, spiritual and intellectual achievement we can attain. We have done a superior job of following God's directive to "go forth and multiply". We have been a great deal less successful in our realization that we are not the earth's owners, merely her stewards.

This Might Hurt a Bit

This Might Hurt a Bit
Author: Doogie Horner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1534427171

“Full of wit and wisdom, and riotously funny to boot. A phenomenal debut!” —Ransom Riggs, New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children “As irreverent as it is gratifying.” —David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite and Mosquitoland A grieving teen faces dangerous classmates, reckless friends, and the one-year anniversary of his sister’s devastating death in this poignant, quirky, often humorous novel that’s perfect for fans of Jeff Zentner and Brendan Kiely. Kirby Burns is about to have the second worst day of his life. Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the worst day of his life, and in the three hundred and sixty-four days since then he hasn’t stopped running: from his family, his memories, and the horse-sized farm dogs that chase him to the bus stop every morning. But he can’t run forever, and Kirby and his friends PJ and Jake sneak out of his house to play a prank with consequences that follow them to school the next day, causing a chain reaction of mayhem and disaster. It’s a story that’s touching and funny, an authentic meditation on the pain of loss, and the challenge of getting paint to stick to cows.

A Gap in Nature

A Gap in Nature
Author: Tim Fridtjof Flannery
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780871137975

A short description of the extinct animal along with a color drawing.

The Humans Who Went Extinct

The Humans Who Went Extinct
Author: Clive Finlayson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2010-11-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0199239193

Originally published in hardcover: Oxford; New York: Oxford Universtiy Press, 2009.

Before We Leave You

Before We Leave You
Author: Patricia Cori
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2011-04-26
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1556439865

What if whales and dolphins truly do have a superior intellect, as many believe, and can speak to the human race? What would their message be? In November 2008, gifted clairvoyant Patricia Cori was in Jordan teaching a workshop when a life-changing event occurred. A community of Cetaceans—“a choir of whales and dolphins,” as she describes it—interrupted her talk with a frantic plea for help. Cori was suddenly witness to a devastating scene of suffering, a communal grieving of scores of whales and dolphins “frenzied, lost, and dying.” This was the first of several terrifying calls for help, all of which were immediately followed by mass suicide events as these majestic creatures collectively chose to leave us and our planet. These troubling incidents evolved into the stream of messages for humanity that Cori reveals in this extremely timely work. The whales and dolphins present their deep understanding of our urgent global situation, calling for the human race to restore balance to our ecosystems—especially our dying oceans. For the first time, we read the communications of the Cetaceans and their story of devotion and celebration of life on the Great Planet Earth. We are also given a glimpse of their role in the unfolding of galactic events throughout our solar system, and the message is clear: We must wake up and realize that our continued abuse of the environment is altering the course of Gaia’s progression to the next dimension. Without the whale and dolphin song—without these musicians who hold the oceans in balance—we risk our advancement through the ascension process for which our entire solar system is destined. Before We Leave You is a roadmap to that higher future and a pathway to global transformation. ***NOTE: ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS TITLE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CETACEAN MEDITATIONS CARDS INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR PRINTED VERSION.

The World Without Us

The World Without Us
Author: Alan Weisman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2008-08-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780312427900

A penetrating take on how our planet would respond without the relentless pressure of the human presence

Gone

Gone
Author: Michael Blencowe
Publisher: Aurum Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0711276927

Gone is a fascinating and timely illustrated narrative exploring the lively tales of eleven extraordinary extinct species from around the globe––sharing an enlightening story of extinction and conservation for today.

All That Was

All That Was
Author: Karen Rivers
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2018-01-16
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0374302472

Two best friends. The boy who loves them both. What happens when there is only one girl left? Piper and Sloane are best friends. They grew up together, dress alike, and never do anything without each other. To Sloane, Piper has always been extraordinary: fierce and pretty and powerful. The only thing that makes Sloane special is that Piper chose her for a sisterhood that was supposed to last forever. That is, until Piper caught Sloane kissing Piper’s boyfriend, Soup—and the next day, Piper is found dead, washed ashore on a beach. As Sloane and Soup relive their deep, sometimes painful histories with Piper and face a future without her, they are racked by questions: Who is to blame for Piper’s death? How do you make amends for hurting someone you love if that person is no longer around? And how can you ever move on and love again? Told from alternating perspectives in Karen Rivers's signature lyrical prose, All That Was is a story about the complexity of friendships, forgiveness, and growing up.