Two Degrees
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4.4 • 29 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller!
#1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee; Ground Zero) is back, tackling the urgent topic of climate change in this breathtaking, action-packed novel that will keep readers turning pages while making their own plans to better the world.
Fire. Ice. Flood.
Three climate disasters.
Four kids fighting for their lives.
Akira is riding her horse in the California woods when a wildfire sparks--and grows scarily fast. How can she make it to safety when there are flames everywhere?
Owen and his best friend, George, are used to seeing polar bears on the snowy Canadian tundra. But when one bear gets way too close for comfort, do the boys have any chance of surviving?
Natalie hunkers down at home as a massive hurricane barrels toward Miami. When the floodwaters crash into her house, Natalie is dragged out into the storm--with nowhere to hide.
Akira, Owen, George, and Natalie are all swept up in the devastating effects of climate change. They are also connected in ways that will shock them--and could alter their destinies forever.
Bestselling author Alan Gratz is at the top of his game, shining a light on our increasingly urgent climate crisis while spinning an action-packed story that will keep readers hooked--and inspire them to take action.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Deftly balancing four teens' perilous, climate change–related experiences, Gratz (Ground Zero) specifically centers scenarios around the earth's warming by two degrees. With urgency, the tense narrative alternates between three story lines, following 13-year-old Norwegian American Akira Kristiansen, who rides her horse through the Sierra Nevada range in California as a wildfire spreads; white 13-year-old Owen Mackenzie and his Mushkegowuk best friend George Gruyère in Churchill, Manitoba—the "polar bear capital of the world"—who are attacked by a hungry mother polar bear after they get too close to her cubs; and Puerto Rican seventh grader Natalie Torres, who must evacuate as a hurricane heads for Miami. Gratz renders pulse-pounding ecological tales and high-stakes calamity with the brisk pacing of a thriller, interweaving the cast's thoughtfully wrought plights while ensuring that all survival-oriented strands prove equally urgent. This gripping, timely tale offers a meditative call to action about a global crisis, culminating in a tidy, if didactic, resolution. Ages 8–12.
Customer Reviews
Two Degrees
The novel presents it self as a heart pounding story with endless pleas of survival. The novel is the opposite. Too bland and boring, almost feeling like a chore to finish. The characters aren’t fully formed and neither is the story. Despite the positive messages, the emotional weight feels out of place in the story. It almost makes me wish climate change would continue, how bad it is
SO GOOD
100% recommend. This book is so good!! I literally picked it up and couldn’t put it down for hours!! I love this book because it includes the worlds problems and is entertaining! Alan Gratz is an AMAZING author!!
LOVED THIS BOOK
By far Alan Gratz is in my top 5 favorite author list. He always draws the readers in a makes it feel like it happened to you. I don’t know if it is just me but I love it when authors connect characters from other stories and books such as Mr. Gratz does in this book and many other of his novels. I can’t wait to see what he comes out with next!