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Grab some tissue and Read it and Weep! The 2020 Adult Reading Challenge is part of the Library’s Borrowed Time series addressing climate change. Earn the Read it and Weep merit badge by reading at least four of the selected twelve books throughout 2020. Each book corresponds to the theme of the month. Receive the Read it and Weep reading list in person at the Reference Desk to track your progress. Collect your badge at the Reference Desk.
| MONTH | THEME | BOOK |
|---|---|---|
| JANUARY | Mass Extinction |
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert |
| FEBRUARY | Climate Collapse | Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells |
| MARCH | Rising Seas and Marine Life | The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell |
| APRIL | Environmental Racism | Refinery Town by Steve Early |
| MAY | Redwoods | Wild Trees |
| JUNE | Salmon | Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate by Mark Kurlansky |
| JULY | Wildfire | Fire in Paradise by Alastair Gee |
| AUGUST | Water Resources | The Dreamt Land by Mark Arax |
| SEPTEMBER | Systemic Change | On Fire by Naomi Klein |
| OCTOBER | Food Practices | We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer |
| NOVEMBER | Personal Actions | Inconspicuous Consumption by Tatiana Schlossberg |
| DECEMBER | Hope | The Green New Deal by Jeremy Rifkin |
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