YA. When the Yellow Slugs Sing
When the Yellow Slugs Sing is a suspense story written by a teacher to grow awareness of the problem of endangered species and construction development. It's the serious story you can't read without laughing. Jill Jumpy races home when she learns Pretty Pines’ endangered Yellow Slugs are threatened with extinction by a proposed development, and learns her heart is open to a proposal of its own. These mollusks are famous because they sing and glow and are delicious. A theme of compromise weaves the activism and reunited lovers together as a quasi-judicial hearing inspires critical thinking about decisions that impact species, even slugs. Realistically, development is at record highs in America, 2023, and mollusks are disappearing at alarming rates. It is important for the public, the voters, to consider the symbiotic relationship of mollusks and humans because mollusks are the ecosystem’s health indicators. When the Yellow Slugs Sing shows how culture chan...