Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation

by Candy J Cooper, Marc Aronson, Candy J. Cooper

Book Overview

Based on original reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an industry veteran, the first book for young adults about the Flint water crisis
In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1547602325
• ISBN13: 9781547602322
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9