Hope Jones Saves The World

What a great story. Hope has very real, manageable ways for everyone to reduce their plastic use. Like a lot of us, she gets frustrated when it seems like there's too much plastic for her to make a difference, and like probably rather less of us, she keeps going anyway, reasoning that any amount of plastic she can save is better than none.

I liked that everyone around her had different reactions; some of the business people she approached were receptive, some didn't want to hear it, mostly her family helped her but occasionally they got fed up and so on. There was no one-size-fits-all, which I thought was great.

The tips and ideas were great and really easy to implement - most people have reusable bags now, and having a reusable bottle isn't too much more of a step. Carrying your own cutlery when you're going out is easy enough too, and there's plenty of other ideas in here. As Hope says, if everyone who reads it saves ten pieces of plastic...

I really enjoyed this and I think other people will too.

PS You can really visit the website Hope uses as her blog! There are activity sheets and a plastic tracker to download.

This was an enjoyable novel for newly confident readers which is the first in a new series. The character Hope is passionate about saving the world and in this story she focuses on the issue of plastic and the harm it does. Her ambitions are all encompassing and this story captures really well the enthusiasm of a child and how she deals with knockbacks and disappointment. While addressing the complexities of the issues this also highlights the very real positive actions Hope, her friends and those she inspires achieve. As Hope herself says "doing something is better than doing nothing". a good story with a positive, topical message, really enjoyed it.

A lovely book for lower KS2. Hope Jones decides her new year’s resolution is to save the world by encouraging people to cut down on their plastic consumption. Written 8n the form of a daily blog, Hope recounts her experiences, rejoicing in her victories and reflecting in her defeats.

This would be a great book for a class tackling a topic on climate change, plastic pollution or political activism.

I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.