title: As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial#A Graphic Novel
author:  Derrick Jensen 
description: Grade 10 UpThis simply drawn graphic satire is largely message-driven, but the message is still entertaining and thought-provoking. As the lighthearted lead character shares what governments, corporations, and activists tell individual Americans to do to save the Earth, her cynical counterpart exposes the futility of these simple solutions. The truth is, even if each and every one of us switched to compact fluorescent bulbs and became vegetarians it would only be a drop in the bucket compared to the damage corporate and government policies are doing to the world environment. The story that binds these notions together is an upcoming alien invasion and a renegade bunny trying to end animal experimentation. The characters are crudely drawn with bare sets, but this style works in a tale in which the words are carrying so much weight. (The politicians have sharper teeth than the bears.) This book doesn't offer up any real answers to what is clearly portrayed as a frightening state of affairsit includes an animal uprising. However, it will inflame teens' passion about the environment and possibly open more eyes.<i>Jamie Watson, Harford County Public Library, MD</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  ## Derren Brown
  
  
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  ### A LITTLE HAPPIER
  
  
  #### Notes for Reassurance
  
  
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  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Title Page](title.xhtml#title_page)
  
  
  * [About the Author](about_author.xhtml)
  
  
  * [By the Same Author](also_by.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Dedication](dedication.xhtml)
  
  
  * [None of this is real](chapter001.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Be wary of goal-setting](chapter002.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Walk the diagonal](chapter003.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Our terrible judgements](chapter004.xhtml)
  
  
  * [The ancient art of tranquillity](chapter005.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Why almost everything is fine](chapter006.xhtml)
  
  
  * [The secret formula for success](chapter007.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Attend to yourself](chapter008.xhtml)
  
  
  * [The dangers of self-sufficiency](chapter009.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Lower your expectations](chapter010.xhtml)
  
  
  * [It is not a crisis](chapter011.xhtml)
  
  
  * [We are not so special](chapter012.xhtml)
  
  
  * [You are stuck with yourself](chapte