{"id":13092,"date":"2022-06-14T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13092"},"modified":"2022-06-13T11:39:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T16:39:04","slug":"they-must-find-more-little-monarchs-butterflies-vital-for-humanitys-survival-by-jonathan-case-middle-grade-graphic-novel-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13092","title":{"rendered":"They must find more LITTLE MONARCHS, butterflies vital for humanity’s survival! by Jonathan Case (Middle Grade graphic novel review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sun-sickness wiped out mammals,
some humans survive underground,
can any ever see daylight again? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 2101, only two people on Earth can survive sunshine – young Elvie and scientist Flora who’s caring for the 10 year old while Elvie’s parents travel onward as the team perfects a cure for sun-sickness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monarch butterflies carry the needed ingredient on their wings, so Flora and Elvie follow their migration south along what used to be the western USA, scavenging from former cities, foraging wild foods<\/a>, and avoiding known underground settlements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elvie documents nature and schoolwork in her journal, while Flora tests and retests ways to make larger quantities of the monarch wing-scale medicine that prevents sun-sickness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an earthquake, they find a small boy near an abandoned settlement, so Flora gives him a dose of medicine and they keep going. Elvie left behind a note and some medicine, in case anyone returns to look for little Sito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow, his family does follow them and wants to travel along – safety in numbers, right? Right?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This outstanding graphic novel documents their perilous journey to meet up with Elvie’s parents, as well as the natural wonders and survival skills that she records in her journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our time, monarch numbers are dropping dramatically, so planting native milkweed<\/a> along their migration route can make up for some habitat loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do monarchs migrate through your region?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info: Little Monarchs \/ Jonathan Case. Margaret Ferguson Books \/ Holiday House, 2022. [author site<\/a>] [book site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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