Just in time for Earth Day in April comes a "gripping middle grade novel and conversation starter about environmental peril and familial love."
Landslide by Betty Culley
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Publication Date: March 10, 2026
Pages: 208 pages
About the Book:
Nathan Savage has always been fascinated by anything that moves, and he sees movement others don’t usually notice. But what he sees now out of his living room window sets off major alarm bells. The massive landfill across the road is gradually shifting and moving every day and could be heading toward a catastrophic landslide. The more Nathan watches the landfill, the more worried he becomes. As his dad continues to go to work driving the compactor that squishes the garbage into smaller piles, Nathan begins to wonder what will happen to his father if he doesn’t act soon. But how does a ten-year old boy stop the force of nature? In this fascinating and fast-paced story, Culley exposes kids to plenty of garbage, and the natural and environmental impact country landfills have on local towns.
Inspired by the true events of the 1989 Norridgewock, Maine landfill collapse, this gripping narrative delivers thrilling action, sheds light on the environmental hazards posed by landfills and the impact of human waste. Perfectly timed for Earth Day, LANDSLIDE is a powerful conversation starter on climate anxiety, and environmental conservation. Drawing on her extensive research and deep Maine roots, Betty Culley brings authenticity and urgency to this compelling story.
Betty Culley is the award-winning author of young adult and middle grade novels.
As a child, she was in foster care and then adopted and read everything she could get her hands on. Before becoming an author, she worked as an obstetrics nurse and as a pediatric home hospice nurse. She lives in a small town, where she tends a garden and a growing crabapple orchard and floats in her farm pond during Maine’s brief summers.
As a child, she was in foster care and then adopted and read everything she could get her hands on. Before becoming an author, she worked as an obstetrics nurse and as a pediatric home hospice nurse. She lives in a small town, where she tends a garden and a growing crabapple orchard and floats in her farm pond during Maine’s brief summers.
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