Green Rising

James’s speculative thrillers have covered topics as diverse as time travel, cloning and space travel. In Green Rising, she turns her attention to the climate emergency. In the near future, on an increasingly uninhabitable Earth, thousands of teenagers around the world suddenly develop ‘Green fingers’ powers – the ability to grow plants from their own skin. The race is on to use their gifts to save the planet and outsmart the corporations who would exploit them. A smart, brilliantly realised call to arms. * The Observer (The New Review) *
“Green Rising is a whip-smart tale that asks big, bold questions of how we can save the planet, with or without Greenfinger magic. Beautiful imagery, a strong scientific underpinning and well-rounded characters. A must-read for teens today.” * Laura Lam, Sunday Times bestselling author of Goldilocks and Seven Devils *
“Frighteningly clever and richly imagined, Green Rising is a book that combines lush, compulsive storytelling with an urgent message, and everyone who reads it will be stirred by its call to arms. I loved it.” * Laura Wood, author of A Sky Painted Gold *
Smart and sharp and witty and fun, with a magic system that springs perfectly from current events and winds perfectly around some really big real-world themes –­ but manages to avoid being didactic – Stephanie Burgis * author of The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart *
In this love song to our planet, Green Rising effortlessly mixes magic and science with strong, likeable characters and a smart plot. But most of all, this book provides the clearest explanation yet as to what’s caused climate change, and more importantly, what we can do to prevent it. – Hannah Gold * author of The Last Bear *

Wren James is the Carnegie-longlisted British author of many young adult novels, and was previously published under the name Lauren James. Their books include *Last Seen Online, The Quiet at the End of the World, The Loneliest Girl in the Universe and The Next Together, and they have sold over two hundred thousand copies worldwide in eight languages. They are a RLF Royal Fellow and the story consultant on Netflix’s Heartstopper (Seasons 2 and 3).

Wren is the founder of the Climate Fiction Writers League and works as a consultant on climate storytelling for museums, production companies, major brands and publishers, with a focus on optimism and hope.

Wren was born in 1992, and has a Masters degree from the University of Nottingham, where they studied Chemistry and Physics. They run a Queer Writers group in Coventry. Follow them on Instagram at @wrenjameswriter.

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