Publisher's Synopsis
The clock is ticking . . . and the winds of change are blowing!
With the planet in peril and people struggling to survive, it's all hands on deck for the Dandelion Insurrection.
As natural - and human-made - disasters strike, the dandelions organize creative solutions all across the country: people-powered relief efforts, mutual aid groups, cooperative programs, community-wide potlucks, tool sharing, resilience plans, and more. Zadie Byrd Gray and Charlie Rider crisscross the United States, tracking down these hopeful and inspiring stories. Before long, a powerful shift starts growing in this fertile soil of love and resistance. Fed up with the lack of compassion in the halls of power, the dandelions launch real democracy projects in neighborhoods and communities, workplaces, schools, businesses, social clubs, and beyond.
But as ordinary people solve their problems without politicians, the rich and powerful fight back. The wealthy plot to thwart them. The corporations try to stall them. The politicians race to block them. When a megachurch preacher launches a doomsday mission to stop them, the Dandelion Insurrection faces a choice that threatens everything they stand for.
Winds of Change is a story like no other, a tale of resistance and resilience, hopeful and eerie all at once. The living Earth rises up for justice. The debts of the past come due. Teens and elders alike rebel for life and the future. With courage and love, the Dandelion Insurrection must navigate fires and floods to rise from the ashes and bloom in the wreckage. But they must act swiftly, for the clock is ticking . . . and the winds of change are blowing!
Hopeful. Visionary. Inspiring. This is the story you've been waiting for - a story that speaks straight to the heart of these wild times we're living through.
Each novel in the Dandelion Trilogy is a stand-alone story. They can be enjoyed in any order, but you'll want to read them all! Pick up your trilogy today! Also, don't miss the accompanying study guide to making change and Rise & Resist, the collection of fiery essays that Charlie Rider writes to rally the people for change. Welcome to the Dandelion Insurrection!
Praise For Winds of Change
"The Dandelion Trilogy comes to a stunning conclusion with non-stop action and a cavalcade of exciting ideas for transforming society." - Burt Kempner, author and filmmaker
"Winds of Change really pulls the series together as an instructive allegory of what continued activism for nonviolent change can look like. It makes it look not-so-hard to live a life dedicated to meaningful community action and change!"
- Seán P. Duffy, Executive Director, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University
"Eloquent, visionary and accessible, this book energizes and expands upon the epic stories told throughout the Dandelion Trilogy. It encourages us to realize that revolution is not the end of conflict, but the beginning of a messy, communal voyage towards justice." - Susie Beiersdorfer, National Community Rights Network
"This novel lets us imagine what is possible in our work for peace with justice." - Patrick Hiller, War Prevention Initiative
