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Mario and the hole in the sky : how a chemist saved our planet

Author

Rusch, Elizabeth, author.

Title

Mario and the hole in the sky : how a chemist saved our planet / Elizabeth Rusch ; illustrated by Teresa Martinez.

Format

Book

Published

Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019] ©2019

Description

40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Other contributors

Martínez, Teresa, 1980- illustrator.

Notes

"A Junior Library Guild Selection"--Jacket flap Includes bibliographical references.

Summary

How did a boy from Mexico City become a Nobel Prize-winning chemist who saved our planet? Eight-year-old Mario wanted to learn all he could about chemistry. he examined everything - from rotten lettuce to toothpaste - under a microscope. As an adult, Mario continued studying chemistry - and discovered something scary. CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, were destroying the earth's protective ozone layer. Without ozone, deadly solar radiation would bombard our planet. Mario had to warn the world - and quickly. This is the true story of Mario Molina, the Mexican American chemist who brought the world back from the brink of environmental catastrophe. His inspiring story offers hope in the face of today's battle against global warming. -- From dust jacket.

Target audience

730L Lexile Sentence length: 2 (easy) Word frequency: 1 (very easy) Lexile.

Subject headings

Molina, Mario J.--Juvenile literature. Chemists--Biography--Juvenile literature. Nobel Prize winners--Biography--Juvenile literature. Ozone layer depletion--Juvenile literature. Atmospheric ozone--Juvenile literature. Air--Pollution--Juvenile literature.

Genre heading

Picture books. Informational works. Biographies. Juvenile works. Biographies. Picture books. Informational works.

ISBN

9781580895811 (reinforced for library use) 1580895816 (reinforced for library use) 9781632898579 (ebook) 9781632898586 (ebook pdf)