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  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. About the Author
  4. Title Page
  5. Intoroduction
  6. ONE
  7. TWO
  8. THREE
  9. FOUR
  10. FIVE
  11. SIX
  12. SEVEN
  13. EITHT
  14. NINE
  15. TEN
  16. ELEVEN
  17. TWELVE
  18. THIRTEEN
  19. FOURTEEN
  20. FIFTEEN
  21. SIXTEEN
  22. SEVENTEEN
  23. EIGHTEEN
  24. NINETEEN
  25. TWENTY
  26. TWENTY-ONE
  27. TWENTY-TWO
  28. TWENTY-THREE
  29. TWENTY-FOUR
  30. TWENTY-FIVE
  31. TWENTY-SIX
  32. TWENTY-SEVEN
  33. TWENTY-EIGHT
  34. TWENTY-NINE
  35. THIRTY
  36. THIRTY-ONE
  37. THIRTY-TWO
  38. THIRTY-THREE
  39. THIRTY-FOUR
  40. THIRTY-FIVE
  41. THIRTY-SIX
  42. THIRTY-SEVEN
  43. THIRTY-EIGHT
  44. THIRTY-NINE
  45. FORTY
  46. FORTY-ONE
  47. FORTY-TWO
  48. FORTY-THREE
  49. FORTY-FOUR
  50. FORTY-FIVE
  51. FORTY-SIX
  52. FORTY-SEVEN
  53. FORTY-EIGHT
  54. FORTY-NINE
  55. FIFTY
  56. FIFTY-ONE
  57. FIFTY-TWO
  58. FIFTY-THREE
  59. FIFTY-FOUR
  60. FIFTY-FIVE
  61. FIFTY-SIX
  62. FIFTY-SEVEN
  63. FIFTY-EIGHT
  64. FIFTY-NINE
  65. SIXTY
  66. SIXTY-ONE
  67. SIXTY-TWO
  68. SIXTY-THREE
  69. SIXTY-FOUR
  70. SIXTY-FIVE
  71. SIXTY-SIX
  72. SIXTY-SEVEN
  73. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  74. CLIMATE EMERGENCY
  75. Copyright

This book began its long journey into being in 2015, as a series of conversations with students about race, immigration, Brexit and the movement of peoples. I’d like to thank you, first and foremost, for your honesty, candidness and for always pushing me to know more, to think more and to expect more of the world we are all living in, together. I hope this is the impression you left with, too.

Secondly, to my family, my brilliant wife and daughters, my mum and dad, without whom this book would never have gotten finished, for spurring me on, and for leaving me in the shed for hours on end when I needed to be left.

To my colleagues, Katherine for a vital and perceptive early read, and to Will, who never shied away from a difficult conversation when I was stepping deeper into this book, for occupying that space, even when it felt uncomfortable, and for your integrity throughout.

To Jane, my agent, for believing in Josh from the start, even when I didn’t, for finding no reason to turn this manuscript away and for all your support since.

To Penny and all the team at Firefly Press for taking this raw material and turning it into an actual book that takes up space in the world, that I can hold in my hand and marvel at – you guys work magic.

To Dereen, and readers from Inclusive Minds and HOPE not Hate, for your honest feedback and advice along the road that this story has taken, without which this book would be less than it is.

To those who work tirelessly and hopefully towards a better society, one in which the hatred in these pages is a thing of the past, who have educated and continue to educate me in so, so many ways, who shouldn’t need to keep fighting and pushing for all of us to be better human beings but who do, because the alternative is unthinkable.

And, finally, to Josh, who has lived in my head for so many years now, and will no doubt reside there in perpetuity. May you continue, always, to grow.

To all of you, my deepest and most heartfelt thanks.

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

At Firefly we care very much about the environment and our responsibility to it. Many of our stories, such as this one, involve the natural world, our place in it and what we can all do to help it, and us, survive the challenges of the climate emergency. Go to our website www.fireflypress.co.uk

to find more of our great stories that focus on the environment, like The Territory, Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds and My Name is River.

As a Wales-based publisher we are also very proud the beautiful natural places, plants and animals in our country on the western side of Great Britain.