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Turn the Tide by Elaine Dimopoulos, Melati Wijsen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Turn the Tide about?

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. Written in accessible verse, this timely story of environmental activism has extensive back matter for aspiring activists. With a foreword by Melati Wijsen, cofounder of Bye, Bye Plastic Bags. 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. But all that changes when her family's Greek restaurant falls on hard times. The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi. 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. Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali—and won. Their story strike

Who reads Turn the Tide?

Author

Elaine Dimopoulos, Melati Wijsen

Publisher

Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780358681496

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Political Science, Thriller, Science

Rating

4.1 / 5 (933 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14