Chapter 7 — A Run on the Library

A serial novel in the form of correspondence among a family while the world as we know it collapses around us. I recommend you start at the Introduction:

https://medium.com/climate-for-change/climate-for-change-introduction-5331d5ab9313

But you can start anywhere you want.

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Chapter 7

Email:

Dear Grandpa,

I had to stay home today. They canceled all schools because of the air quality. Jeremy came over, and we played video games for a while before we went over to Jorge and Daisy’s. Mel came too, because I was the babysitter. We decided to do some research about air quality and if they have ever closed St. Paul schools because of smoke from fires. We couldn’t remember any time, nor could Daisy’s parents, who were also home from their jobs. When we went on People’s Encyclopedia to check on it, but there was just a “URL not found” message. People’s Encyclopedia is completely gone now. We assume that the attacks by the PFL’s people were just too much for them. Well, that sucks! Sorry for the language, Grandpa. But it does.

Then I asked Daisy if she thought her parents would let us go to the library together. I thought that they might not, because of all the racism out there, but they surprised me. They loaded us all in their van and drove us to the library. My plan was to go to the history section and check out as many books as I could. Having People’s Encyclopedia down is a real…