Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781547602322)

Based on original reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an industry veteran, the first book for young adults about the Flint water crisis
In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. 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. Then it got worse: children stopped growing. Some people were hospitalized with mysterious illnesses; others died. Citizens of Flint protested that the water was dangerous. Despite what seemed so apparent from the murky, foul-smelling liquid pouring from the city's faucets, officials refused to listen. They treated the people of Flint as the problem, not the water, which was actually poisoning thousands.
Through interviews with residents and intensive research into legal records and news accounts, journalist Candy J. Cooper, assisted by writer-editor Marc Aronson, reveals the true story of Flint. Poisoned Water shows not just how the crisis unfolded in 2014, but also the history of racism and segregation that led up to it, the beliefs and attitudes that fueled it, and how the people of Flint fought--and are still fighting--for clean water and healthy lives.

Author: Candy J. Cooper, Marc Aronson
ISBN-10: 1547602325
ISBN-13: 9781547602322
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2020
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.7
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 510352 / Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2020 pg. 36
School Library Journal 04/01/2020 pg. 156
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 04/20/2020
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2020
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2020 pg. 151
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average