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Poisoned water : how the citizens of Flint, Michigan, fought for their lives and warned the nation /

Flint, Michigan had been built up, then abandoned, by General Motors. In 2014, 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. Children stopped gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cooper, Candy J., 1955- (Author), Aronson, Marc (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, [2020]
Subjects:
Lead poisoning > Michigan > Flint > Juvenile literature.
Drinking water > Lead content > Michigan > Flint > Juvenile literature.
Water quality management > Michigan > Flint > Juvenile literature.
Flint (Mich.) > History > 21st century > Juvenile literature.
Lead poisoning > Michigan > Flint.
Drinking water > Lead content > Michigan > Flint.
Water quality management > Michigan > Flint.
Flint (Mich.) > History > 21st century.
Lead poisoning.
Drinking water > Lead content.
Water quality management.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.)
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 21st Century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / General.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Roots and margins
  • Pure, natural, mineral
  • "The water is biting them"
  • To the dome
  • Big worries here
  • Ten thousand children
  • A good guess
  • Water out of control
  • Trust fall
  • "The big red flag"
  • A whistle blows
  • Denial
  • Convergence
  • Blood speaks
  • A tipping point
  • A world rocked
  • Surrender
  • A ceaseless trail
  • "A gaggle of bottled waters"
  • Blame without end
  • "We can save ourselves"
  • Coming back where?
  • Roaring uphill
  • "My destiny is dismal"
  • "But a flint holds fire" / by Andrea Ramsey.