My River: Cleaning up the LaHave River

Anne Laurel Carter, Stella Bowles

Formac Publishing Company, Sep 25, 2018 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 96 pages

 Stella Bowles was a Grade 6 Nova Scotia student when she turned environmental activist to campaign against sewage pipes draining straight into the LaHave River. This is the inspirational first person account of Stella's Grade 6 science fair project which caught the eyes of the media, the public and government leaders propelling her into the limelight.

Stella details her two and a half year fight to clean up the river, winning numerous awards for her environmental activism along the way. She succeeds in shaming three levels of government and rallying supporters into funding a $15.7 million cleanup. Today, she continues to campaign for cleaner water and demonstrates to other children how to test water quality in their own backyards, and how to take action if they find their water is polluted too.

Stella's story will motivate readers to engage in local environmental activism. She demonstrates that doing what's right has no age barriers.

Contents

• Foreword: 7
• Our Rivers Got a Dirty Secret: 9
• Can Poop in Water Make You Sick?: 14
• Science is a Blast: 17
• Every Activist Needsa Dr Maxwell: 22
• Getting Ready: 28

About the author

 ANNE LAUREL CARTER is an author. Her eighteen books have been inspired by something she felt needed telling, either from her experience, her children's or someone she'd met. She divides her year, writing and teaching, between Toronto and Nova Scotia where Anne is a neighbour of Stella Bowles. She was inspired to write Stella?s story of environmental activism.

STELLA BOWELS has been presented with numerous awards for environmental activism, including being named one of Canada's Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 in 2017. She is a 13 year old junior high school student living in Upper LaHave, Nova Scotia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: My River: Cleaning up the LaHave River
• Authors: Anne Laurel Carter, Stella Bowles
• Publisher: Formac Publishing Company, 2018
• ISBN: 1459505514, 9781459505513
• Length: 96 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Crafts & Hobbies; Juvenile Nonfiction / Places / Canada; Juvenile Nonfiction / Recycling & Green Living; Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.); Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects; Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General