Bao (Vietnamese Norwegian) and her best friends Tuva and Linnea (both white) love the bog (forest) behind their middle school, where they’ve played and adventured for years. Bao is also passionate about environmental issues, and, as president of the student council, a student representative on the school board. A convergence of issues—not enough parking, and unusually heavy rain causing flooding in the forest that poses a danger—leads to members of the board outvoting Bao and deciding to raze part of the forest to expand the school parking lot. Bao’s furious: No one seems to care about the impact on forest life or kids, or that more cars only contribute to climate change, which is behind changing weather patterns, while more concrete means more runoff. Her anger is compounded by frustration with her mom, who was too busy to help Bao prepare for the meeting. She tries to rally other kids to protest the parking lot, at first with limited success, but a daring act on Bao’s part inspires a group of them to stage a camp-in, occupying the forest so work cannot begin. Bao’s passion, rooted in climate anxiety and her love for the forest, is not always matched by her fellow protestors, especially once the rain begins again; it’s one of the elements that makes this heartfelt, inspiring graphic novel, translated from the Norwegian, so genuine.