The Sixth Extinction (young readers adaptation) by Elizabeth Kolbert

In this young readers adaptation of the New York Times -bestselling,
Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert tells us
why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no
species has before.
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when
the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists
around the world are monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most
devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the
dinosaurs. Adapting from her New York Times-bestselling, Pulitzer Prizewinning adult nonfiction, Elizabeth Kolbert explores how humans are altering
life on Earth.

Elizabeth Kolbert is a staff writer at The New Yorker . She is the author of
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change . She lives
in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with her husband and children.

Henry Holt & Co
On Sale: Nov 7/23
6 x 9 • 208 pages
1-color photos & line art
9781250793423 • $27.99 • CL - With dust jacket
Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Tech / Environmental
Science & Ecology • Ages 8-12 years