Material Girls might make teens take a look at their wardrobe, but more importantly, they might reconsider their consumer footprint." -VOYA "A book that should make kids think about many things, especially how the culture tries to manipulate them." -Booklist " Project Runway, step aside. Sly, subversive fun." -Kirkus "Consumerism and fashion trends strike at the heart of this novel. Sly, subversive fun." -Kirkus "Consumerism and fashion trends strike at the heart of this novel.Material Girls might make teens take a look at their wardrobe, but more importantly, they might reconsider their consumer footprint." -VOYA, "Through its likable characters, sly humor, and smart, fast-moving plot, this entertaining debut raises serious questions about the costs of disposable fashion and pursuit of celebrity, asking readers to ponder who's driving the bus. In this story of environmental activism, friendship, and self-discovery, Mimi figures out what’s truly important to her, and takes her place in the ranks of real-life youth activists like the Wijsen sisters, Greta Thunberg, and Isra Hirsi."Through its likable characters, sly humor, and smart, fast-moving plot, this entertaining debut raises serious questions about the costs of disposable fashion and pursuit of celebrity, asking readers to ponder who's driving the bus. She’s twelve.Ĭould a kid like her make such a big change in a place that she’s not yet sure feels like home? Can she manage to keep up with piano, her schoolwork, and activism? And does confident and flawless Carmen Alvarez-Hill really want to help her with the movement? At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali-and won.
Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. Where does she fit in in this shell-covered paradise without Lee? Mimi is taken by the beauty of the island and alarmed by the plastic pollution she sees on the beaches. The Laskarises’ relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi. But all that changes when her family’s Greek restaurant falls on hard times. Mimi has a plan for her seventh grade year: play piano in the Young Artists competition at Carnegie Hall with her best friend, Lee enjoy a good old Massachusetts snow day or two and work in her community garden plot with her dad.
With a foreword by Melati Wijsen, cofounder of Bye, Bye Plastic Bags. Written in accessible verse, this timely story of environmental activism has extensive back matter for aspiring activists.
Twelve-year-old Mimi Laskaris is inspired by the Wijsen sisters of Bali to turn her focus from classical piano to a new obsession: forming a grassroots, kid-led movement to ban plastic bags in her new island home in Florida.
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