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Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays
In the early 1980s, Diane Wilson, a shrimper from Calhoun County, Texas, discovered that the Gulf waters where she worked were among the most polluted in the country. The chemical plants in Calhoun County were dumping toxins without restriction into the bay. Wilson began asking questions and challenging the polluters. She slowly emerged as an environmental activist thanks to her inability to ignore what was happening. Molly Bang has woven the story of Diane Wilson into three distinct narrative strands. Black-and-white cartoon-style drawings with dialogue and thought bubbles provide details of Diane's life and work, including conversations that took place as she embarked on her struggle to clean up the bay. Additional black-and-white drawings accompany a first-person narrative in Diane's voice that describes events as they unfolded. Bang has set these two narratives against full-color illustrations of the natural world in which this drama was taking place, providing a third narrative that describes the fragile yet resilient ecosystem Diane Wilson fought to save. ©2001 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Molly Bang
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-14
Age Range:
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older)
Formats:
Biography, Autobiography and Memoir
Graphic Novel
Subjects:
20th Century
Activism and Resistance
Biography
Environmental Challenges
History (Nonfiction)
Nature/Environment
Work and Labor
Publisher:
Henry Holt
Publish Year: 2001
Pages: 46
ISBN: 0805053964
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 363.7 Bang