First published 2025
This graphic memoir follows six real people fighting the Mountain Valley Pipeline across Appalachian communities. Climate organizer Denali Nalamalapu interviews a teacher, single mother, nurse, organizer, photographer, and seed keeper who refuse to let a 300-mile pipeline destroy their land. In West Virginia, grandmother Becky Crabtree chains herself to her 1970s Ford Pinto when construction crews arrive at her farm. In Virginia, young activist Michael James-Deramo coordinates mutual aid for protesters blocking pipeline expansion. Each resistor brings different skills and motivations, but all share deep love for their mountains and communities. The book reveals how ordinary people become powerful when they stand together against corporate destruction. Their stories connect to a century of Appalachian resistance against fossil fuel extraction and offer hope for communities everywhere facing climate threats.
Genres: environment, non-fiction, social-justice, climate-change, activism, american-history
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, ordinary-people-become-powerful
Setting: Appalachia, Virginia, West Virginia
172 pages · Paperback · Timber Press