
Imaginary Borders
by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky Penguin Workshop 6/2/2020, paperback SKU: 9780593094136 In this personal, moving essay, environmental activist and hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez uses his art and his activism to show that climate change is a human issue that can't be ignored. Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Earth Guardians Youth Director and hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez shows us how his music feeds his environmental activism and vice versa. Martinez visualizes a future that allows us to direct our anger, fear, and passion toward creating change. Because, at the end of the day, we all have a part to play. Target age: 12-17 Reviews: "An inspiring story that will change the way all of us think about the climate crisis - and how we can solve it." --Van Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Green Collar Economy and Rebuild the Dream, and co-f