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Starred Review. Grade 5–8—This young readers' version of the recent documentary film's companion adult volume cuts the page count by about a third but preserves the original's cogent message and many of its striking visuals. After explaining that his interest in the environment predates even his mother's reading of Silent Spring aloud to him as a teenager, Gore proceeds to document steeply rising carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere, and then to link that to accelerating changes in temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide. Using easy-to-grasp graphics and revealing before-and-after photos, he shows how glaciers and ice shelves are disappearing all over the globe with alarming speed, pointing to profound climate changes and increased danger from rising sea levels in the near future. O'Connor rephrases Gore's arguments in briefer, simpler language without compromising their flow, plainly intending to disturb readers rather than frighten them. He writes measured, matter-of-fact prose, letting facts and trends speak for themselves—but, suggesting that "what happens locally has worldwide consequences," he closes with the assertion that we will all have to "change the way we live our lives." Like the film, this title may leave readers to look elsewhere for both documentation and for specific plans of action, but as an appeal to reason it's as polished and persuasive as it can be.—John Peters, New York Public Library
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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*Starred Review* In this youth-focused adaptation of Gore's 2006 adult book and Oscar-winning documentary, Gore and O'Connor (credited as "adaptor") distill the material, creating an eye-opening story that targets kids' concerns. Gone are the political passages that begin with phrases such as "During the Clinton-Gore years . . ." The language is basic--vector in the adult book becomes "life forms that can carry"--and offers clear definitions of such terms as greenhouse gases and persuasive, accessible arguments for how the climate crisis has developed and what can be done to address it. The sturdy pages are filled with color photographs and charts, and the images are riveting. Like the pictures, the personal stories bring the facts close, and in addition to the urgent science, Gore's book shows how mentors can change lives. In his moving introduction, Gore speaks about how reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) when he was 14 years old shocked him into environmental awareness, which developed further during his studies with pioneering scientist Dr. Roger Revelle at Harvard. Gore's research continues to raise controversy, but few, if any, books for youth offer such a dynamic look at the climate issues threatening our planet. Gillian Engberg
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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1 of 9 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
No Truth to be found here,
By Audrey "Pinea" (Usa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: AN Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming (Paperback)
This book is so filled with misinformation, inaccuracies and errors that the title is a complete oxymoron. At best, there is very little truth in anything this book says about the climate. At worst, this is alarmist propaganda that will frighten people unnecessarily.
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Reality is painful,
By GT - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: AN Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming (Hardcover)
The book adapts the information already offered by Mr. Gore into a format more friendly for younger generations. I'm not sure why the issue of global warming is so controversial for people. Anyone with a background in science and a genuine understanding of the biology and chemistry of global warming knows that climate change is very real. There is nothing political about it. If you are confused about the issues then educate yourself. Don't go to a website that you feel is politically motivated. You can go to any university and find professors who can explain the science of climate change. I learned about climate change in the 80's while in college, well before I ever heard Al Gore speaking about it. The most frustrating part of this is no longer the reality that life as we know it is changing dramatically and perhaps permanently, but that ignorance has been used as a weapon to create barriers against those sincerely attempting to prevent a global disaster. Why would anyone want to believe in this if it's not real? This is not a happy subject whatsoever! If you have doubts, educate yourself. If you don't understand the science, then please don't assume that what you are being told is or isn't real. Find out for yourself. Educate yourself! This isn't political. Please stop making it so. We are running out of time to do something.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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An Adaptation,
By MoeJoe - Published on Amazon.com
This is the only version of the book available from my library. It is an adaptation of the original book. The pictures and graphs are very informative, but the narrative seemed to be written in very simple language. I would recommend getting the original.
22 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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No backup data or references,
By David Bagby - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: AN Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming (Hardcover)
I bought this book in hopes of gaining some insight into the source of all the global warming fuss. (They don't hand out Nobel prizes for nothing, I thought.) It was an easy read, presenting the major points of his argument very clearly. But I was also looking for the background data, or at least some references to the data sources. I was amazed to find no footnotes and no bibliography. Michael Crichton provided more research background in his novel 'State of Fear.'
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