Besser ein Junge oder ein Mädchen als Hauptperson in einem Buch?

A strong, very brave girl. Because they exist, but unfortunately rarely as main persons.

As brave as these:

Because it is our future

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Young rebels conquer the world’s stages everywhere. They are committed to clean water, such as the Indian Sahithi Pingali, fighting the weapons lobby, such as the American Emma González, or making mobile against child marriage, such as Natasha Mwansa from Zambia. They speak for these goals before the UN General Assembly in New York, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, at climate conferences or at the “March for Our Lives” in Washington. Their influence is immense, a single speech can shake world corporations like Siemens. Because behind the young activists is just a tweet away, an entire generation.

Governments also force them to act. Let’s take Isabel and Melati Wijsen from Indonesia, at the time ten and twelve years old, who have achieved in isolation that disposable plastic was banned in Bali. The book introduces the main players, but also discusses the basic questions: what does the young people think? Who brings them to the street, what motivates them?