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About Jeff Fleischer
Jeff Fleischer is a Chicago-based author, journalist and editor. He is the author of non-fiction books including "Votes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections" (Zest Books, 2016 and 2020), "A Hot Mess: How the Climate Crisis is Changing Our World" (Zest Books, 2021), "Rockin' the Boat: 50 Iconic Revolutionaries" (Zest Books, 2015), "The Latest Craze: A Short History of Mass Hysterias" (Fall River Press, 2011). His fiction has appeared in more than seventy publications including the Chicago Tribune's Printers Row Journal, Shenandoah, the Saturday Evening Post and So It Goes by the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. His journalism has appeared in dozens of publications including Mother Jones, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, National Geographic Traveler and Mental Floss.
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Blog postWhile A Hot Mess is getting most of the attention lately, being the newer book, Votes of Confidence 2nd Edition continues to pop up in more libraries and on more useful lists, including this cool new one from Kidizenship of ten things to read, watch, or listen to for those interested in civics. Always nice to be first on a list, and chuffed to be on a list with Parks and Recreation (one of my all-time favorite sitcoms), The West Wing (another show I love), and Schoolhouse Rock (I grew up with2 months ago Read more
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Blog postFor the third time in two weeks, A Hot Mess: How the Climate Crisis is Changing Our World has appeared on a top-ten list for best books of the year in the environment/sustainability category. This time, it’s been longlisted for the 2022 Green Earth Book Award in the young adult category. The awards are given out by The Nature Generation, with winners announced on Earth Day in April.
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Blog postThe list of finalists for Foreword Reviews’ INDIES annual book-of-the-year awards came out today, and A Hot Mess is a finalist in the Ecology & Environment category. The magazine’s review in the November issue called the book “a substantial, science-based guide that explains climate change through history, its deniers, and the current evidence, all in a candid, accessible format that invites young people to take action.” The award announcement will come out in a few months, but being one2 months ago Read more
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Blog postBooklist, the magazine of the American Library Association, reviewed A Hot Mess in its December issue, calling it “a documented, balanced, and accessible update on an evolving crisis.” The new March issue focuses on the environment and sustainability, and that includes a list of the ten best books for young readers about the subject – and A Hot Mess made the top ten.
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Blog postMy graduate school, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, has an impressive alumni bookshelf, and it was nice to see A Hot Mess on this excellent list of books by Medill alumni. Check it out.
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Blog postUnderstandably, the new book is getting most of the attention these days, but the 2020 edition of Votes of Confidence is still selling well, and still gets nice reviews. This time it was reviewed on the blog Sarah’s Book Reflections along with other civics books.
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This is a fascinating book. Any person over the age of ten should read it, including so-called “grown-ups.”
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Blog postOn the first Wednesday in February, I’ll be participating in World Read Aloud Day for the first time, joining a few classrooms virtually to talk about the writing process, my books, or whatever else students want to ask about. Going to be a lot of fun, and always happy to join more schools this year or in the future.
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Blog postA Hot Mess was just featured as a recommendation by the Melanie Roy Recommends blog. It’s one of the featured Book Bites of the week.
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Blog postAnother interview about A Hot Mess came out today, this time with Zoobean. I’m one of the authors participating in its WinterRead challenge, encourage young adults to read.
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What are you currently reading?
Just finished Boys Enter the House by my friend David Nelson, which I highly recommend. Currently reading The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich and Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology; two works I hadn’t read before by authors I enjoy.
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Blog postA Hot Mess got a nice mention today in the excellent nature magazine Audubon, as part of “5 New Climate Books to Empower Teens and Help Turn Anxiety into Action.”
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Bad news about the environment is everywhere—either in headlines, or unfolding in real-time disasters like storms, floods, and fires. It’s nearly impossible to avoid the reality that climate change is shifting the world around us.
That means more and more people, especially young people, are5 months ago Read more
Titles By Jeff Fleischer
We already know what climate change is and many of us understand the human causes. But what will climate change do to our world? Who will be affected (spoiler: all of us!) and how will our lives change in the future? Topics include sea levels, extreme weather, drought, animal and plant extinction, and human and animal migration. Drawing on real-life situations and stories, journalist Jeff Fleischer takes an informed, approachable look at how our world will likely change as a result of our actions, including suggestions on what we can still do to slow down these unprecedented effects.
Every two years, media coverage of American elections turns into a horse-race story about who's leading the polls and who said what when.
Give young adult readers clear explanations about how our election process actually works, why it matters, and how they can become involved. Using real-world examples and anecdotes, this book provides readers with thorough, nonpartisan explanations about primaries, the electoral college, checks and balances, polls, fundraising, and more. Updated with facts, figures, and analysis, this edition provides the next generation of voters with essential guidance about the past, present, and future of American elections.
"[A] very readable, engaging, and entertaining history of American elections and politics for young people. Highly recommended."—starred, Booklist
"Fleischer presents a potentially didactic subject matter in a digestible and organized manner. Recommended for middle to high school students, educators, and others interested in becoming civically informed and engaged."—School Library Journal
We love to root for the underdog, and when it comes to underdogs, few are more impressive than the world’s great revolutionaries.After all, it’s pretty hard to find a more powerful opponent than the world’s biggest empires and emperors. And that’s part of why we’re drawn to the stories of revolutionaries. Many of these men and women were born into virtual dystopias, and they fought throughout their lives, against all odds, to forge a path to a better future. And whether they succeeded, failed, or succeeded only to become a new kind of enemy, there’s something inherently fascinating about that effort to change the world.
In this issue: AJ Bauers, Julia Older, Michael McClelland, Leonard Neufeldt, West Marston, Lindsay D'Andrea, Askold Skalsky, Heather Quinn, Neural Tornado, Ashley Sullivan, Jonaki Ray, Priya Sridhar, Carl Mealie, Janet Powers, Kimberly Driggers, J. Nelson, Jr., Eliza Master, Emilio DeGrazia, John C. Mannone, Jane Yolen, Jane Beal, Brian Cohen, Michelle Gagliano, Logo Wei, Carina Bissett, Dimas Jose Arellano, J. Dawson, E. B. Johnson, Jeff Fleischer, Sara Backer, Leonard Kress, Sara Moore Wagner, Virginia Barrett, Liz Hart
Edited by Mandi Jourdan, Sarah Jilek, and Justin Gordon
Featuring:
“Whisper in the Dark” by Elena Sichrovsky
“Hungry Ghost” by Joseph M. Felser
“Ubiquity” by Armine Mortimer
“The Call of the Stars” by Sandy Wickersham-McWhorter
“Sentinel 27” by Cameron Kirk
“The stolen ghosts” by Meg Smith
“The Machine” by Jeff Fleischer
“The Re-History of Earth From a Purely Martian Perspective” by Al Simmons
“Donald the First” by David Wendel
“Fantasy Cabinet” by Mike Tuohy
“After the Ball” by F.J. Bergmann
“The Jink” by Marri Champié
“First Contact” by Ken Poyner
“Homecoming” by Chris Daruns
“Intolerance” by Gregory Kimbrell
“Evolution” by Mandi Jourdan
In this issue: Jaz Sufi, Sarah Ghoshal, M. Brett Gaffney, Mohamed Mahmoud, E. Kristin Anderson, Andrea Blythe, Margaret Kingsbury, Robin Turner, Jillian Phillips, Katie Manning, Dina Honour, David Hoenig, Daniel Ari, Judith Lloyd, Rie Sheridan Rose, Purvi Shah & Anjali Deshmukh, Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier, Jennifer Hopkins, Cetoria Tomberlin, Jaap Boekestein, Dmitry Borshch, Eleanor Bennett, Angele Ellis, Jen Stein, Kat Cameron, Ruth Knafo Setton, Dmitry Borshch, Carina Bissett, Tom Leskiw, Blanca Rego, David Landrum, John Vicary, Brandon Marlon, Saba Razvi, Robert Borski, Lucas Bhandar, Philip Chamberlain, John Haas, DJ Tyrer, Jeff Fleischer, Fabiyas MV, Frank Possemato, Timothy Wilkie, Terri Bruce, Lenore Weiss, Dagny Paul, Brian Barr, Michelle Chen, Jamal H. Iqbal
In this issue: Laura Page, Brian Quinn, Irene Punti, Jack Granath, Jane Yolen, Tamara Sellman, Matt McGee, B. E. Scully, Laura Carroll, Marietta McGregor, Erin Robinson, AJ Bauers, Catherine B. Krause, Sonja Johanson, Claire Bartlett, Christina Collins, Tanis MacDonald, Christine Butterworth-McDermott, Zin'ko Galia, Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, Kate Kastelein, Shari Caplan, Amy Bennett-Zendzian, Lisa Pierce Flores, Stephanie Barbe Hammer, Rachel Cohen, Barbara Diehl, Megan Crosbie, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Jenn Cavanaugh, Jennifer Lynn Krohn, Nathan Tompkins, Marie C Lecrivain, Jourdan Woo, Laura Zak, Dean Hutchins, Sean Robinson, Sarah Kiddle, Kelsey Dean, Jeff Fleischer, Milo Gallagher, Roberta Feins, Deborah Davitt, Heather Talty, Julia Older, Sarah Allison, Tina Carlson, J.R. Dawson, Toti O'Brien, Samantha Stiers, David Hoenig
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