Chronicles the events leading up to, during, and after the Flint water crisis disaster. Includes color photographs, sidebars, an activity, a timeline, a glossary, and additional resources.
Through interviews with residents and intensive research into legal records and new accounts, the authors reveal the story behind the water crisis in Flint, Michigan which began in 2014 when government officials of the cash-strapped city that had been abandoned by General Motors decided to temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River, which then caused widespread sickness and death to its residents.
a story of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city
Hanna-Attisha, Mona
2019
Mona Hanna-Attisha recounts the story about how she, and a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders in Flint, Michigan fought the government to expose the truth about lead contamination in the towns water supply.
"[The author] . . . shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe"--Provided by publisher.
Describes daily life before clean water became available, and traces the history and development of the process. Also features fact boxes, activities, diagrams, a timeline, a glossary of terms, and trivia.
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without clean water and describes how people access water and the importance of making sure that water is not polluted or wasted.
Presents conflicting viewpoints concerning the future availability of drinking water, threats to surface and groundwater, and solutions for water pollution.
