Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin BurnsMy review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read this for a book club at the Junior High I taught at. It was a fabulous example of the narrative of science. Science isn't just a collection of facts and answers it is a rich story of people and events and changes. This book illustrates that beautifully, by telling the story of the Giant Garbage Patch. A place in the ocean where much of the pollution collects due to the prevailing ocean currents
The book details the stories of the people involved in discovering this and potential solutions to the problems that result. It teaches the facts of the case through a well developed story and history of the discovery of this unique phenomenon.
If you want to know more about this phenomenon before you read it check out the TED talk by Capt. Moore the man who first discovered it:
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